GNRK1123 Turnoverball Gooseneck Hitch Installation

Installing the GNRK1123 Turnoverball Gooseneck Hitch on a 2023 Ford Super Duty truck with install specialist, Chris Long.

The GNRK1123 fits:
2023 Ford F250 & F350 Trucks
2023 Ford F450 with Factory Installed Bed

SAE J-2638 CERTIFIED | Tested for both strength and durability, our hitches meet the latest standard for fifth-wheel and gooseneck hitches.

The GNRK1123 hitch kit consists of two boxes:
GNRM1123 | weighing 78 lbs
GNRC823 | weighing 57 lbs.
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Chapters:
00:00 Prepare for Install
00:28 Tools Required
00:31 Determine Placement of 4" Hole
01:15 Cut 4" Hole
02:00 Install Exhaust Brackets (Diesel Trucks Only)
03:44 Install Side Plates | Steps 1-3
06:18 Install Cross Members | Steps 1-5
07:08 Cross Member Layout Illustration
11:32 Install Center Section | Steps 1-7
16:42 Secure Hitch | Steps 1-9
17:38 Tightening Sequence
19:40 Torquing Sequence
20:14 Torquing Sequence Illustration
20:28 Install Latch Pin Handle | Steps 1-3
22:43 Install Safety Chain U-Bolts | Steps 1-3
24:53 Prepare for Towing | Steps 1-4

[bigmaw]

finally a company that has good tutorial videos. Thanks

[GrouseHiker]

Very clear and understandable instructions. A great job explaining and demonstrating the installation. Curt had no installation videos for their equivalent hitch. This video sold me on B&W, and mine is coming in 3 days from now!

[bossturbo]

My recommendation to anyone DIY installing, watch this video and lay out the parts on the floor following along, dry fitting bolts, etc. That way you aren't trying to hold up heavy pieces and figure out what direction things go. You'll save so much sanity and many sore muscles, even though it'll take longer to get started installing. Also, I just used a wood 2x4 across the bed and a ratcheting tie down strap to hold up the hitch flush to the bed, just set the hitch in the "locked position" and hook onto the bar inside the hitch.

[bossturbo]

This video was helpful with installation because the paper instructions aren't always clear and we lost a few hours trying to decipher the paper before referencing this video. In all, the install took way longer than expected, over 10 hours. Without having a lift, getting access to the areas can be awkward on your back. Without having an air or battery torque gun that you can set to a specific torque value, using a torque wrench in those awkward spaces is way worse due to the big rear end, driveshaft, exhaust and other things in the way. I was doing some crazy body contortions to get the 110 and 150 ft lbs of force. It would have been worth it to get the Reese factory style and just remove the bed, or pay someone to install. 2023 crew cab Long bed 350 with the 7.3 and 4.30 gears.

[randalls]

Take a use a bolt and uss flat washer and ratchet to draw the bushings into the crossmembers

[GrouseHiker]

I'm a little confused about the "snugging" phase vs the "tightening" phase vs the "torqueing" phase. The basis of this seems to be the torqueing will actually move the parts in relation to one another after they are tightened... I'm not convinced... especially if you interpret "tighten" the way I do. I can see the torqueing phase actually deflecting parts, but not necessarily moving them in shear loading at their contact surfaces. Basically, it seems there should be a "snugging" phase followed by a torqueing phase. So "snugging" would be half compressing the lock washers. Why not go from "snug" to torqueing?

[apez]

Any recommendation on which toque wrench to use? I’m having a near impossible time fitting my torque wrench in the areas for the 5/8 inch bolts.