TRAILER HITCH INST. DIFFICULTY (INSTALL ABSORBER & SPACER). Buick Park Avenue 1993

SUBJECT: TRAILER HITCH INSTALLATION DIFFICULTY (INSTALL SHORTER ENERGY ABSORBER AND SPACER)

MODELS: 1993 BUICK PARK AVENUE/PARK AVENUE ULTRA 1993 OLDSMOBILE NINETY EIGHT

CONDITION:

SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT ALLOW INSTALLATION OF A TRAILER HITCH.

CAUSE:

THE ENERGY ABSORBER WAS LENGTHENED AND A SPACER ELIMINATED. THE TRAILER HITCH MOUNTS IN PLACE OF THE SPACER. THE SHORTER ENERGY ABSORBER WITH A SPACER WAS RETURNED TO PRODUCTION AND HAS BEEN USED SINCE DECEMBER, 1992, CORRECTING THIS CONDITION.

CORRECTION:

REPLACE THE EXISTING PARTS WITH THE FOLLOWING PARTS TO ALLOW TRAILER HITCH INSTALLATION.

DESCRIPTION PART NUMBER =========== ===========

ENERGY ABSORBER - RIGHT SIDE 22136754 - LEFT SIDE 22136755

ATTACHING BOLTS (6 REQUIRED) 25609726

ATTACHING NUTS (6 REQUIRED) 11507036

EXHAUST HANGER 25559603

SPACER 25535925

PARTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GMSPO.

WARRANTY INFORMATION:

FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, USE:

LABOR OPERATION NUMBER: B0967 USE PUBLISHED LABOR OPERATION TIME.

FIGURES: 0

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