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Custom Design: Each Blue Ox BX3206 Tow Bar Bracket is specifically designed for each towed vehicle, ensuring a perfect fit and flawless performance.
Material: Steel
Color: Black
Finish: Powder Coat
Mounting Type: Bolt On
Mounting Hardware Included Yes/No: Yes
The Blue Ox BX3206 Tow Bar Bracket is the ideal accessory for your towing needs. It has been custom-designed for each specific towed vehicle, ensuring a perfect fit and seamless performance. The bracket boasts a robust steel construction, finished with a powder coat that provides additional durability and resistance against corrosion. This black, bolt-on base plate includes all necessary mounting hardware, making the installation process an easy do-it-yourself task. With Blue Ox, you can tow with confidence, knowing that you're using a reliable, high-quality piece of equipment.
Blue Ox is known internationally for recreational and commercial towing products, manufacturing in Pender, Nebraska since 1925. The line covers tow bars and vehicle-specific baseplates for flat towing behind a motorhome, sway control and weight distributing hitches, supplemental braking accessories and towing wiring, backed by patented designs and long-standing customer service.
Blue Ox has manufactured since 1925 and is recognised internationally for towing products and customer service. The company operates from Pender, Nebraska, where it grew out of Automatic Manufacturing Co., a business that started with cattle oilers and developed into agricultural equipment, tractor accessories and trailer towing hardware. That agricultural engineering heritage still shows in how the towing products are built, and the company holds patents across weight distribution, fifth wheel and tow bar designs.
Flat towing is the discipline Blue Ox is best known for. Towing a car with all four wheels on the ground behind a motorhome demands a system that stays rigid under braking, articulates properly over uneven ground, and connects to the towed vehicle at points strong enough to take the load. Blue Ox tow bars handle the first two, with self-aligning arms that latch under tension and release without a struggle when the load is off them. Vehicle-specific baseplates handle the third, engineered per make and model to tie into structural mounting points behind the fascia.
The wider flat towing range covers supplemental braking systems, safety cables and the accessories that make a complete legal setup, along with baseplate wiring and dinghy towing harnesses that pass lighting signals to the towed vehicle without back-feeding its electrical system.
For conventional trailer towing, Blue Ox weight distributing hitches with integrated sway control transfer tongue load onto the tow vehicle's front axle and resist the yaw that crosswinds and passing trucks induce.
The company describes its foundation as customer service, designing around what owners actually ask for, and it runs an RV park adjacent to the factory where customers can stay. Sister operations at the same Nebraska site include Automatic grain roller mills and MAD-RAMPS pivoting ramp systems.
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| Year | Make & Model | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 - 1999 | Oldsmobile 88 | Comes with Standard Attachment Tabs Install Rating 4 Bumper Fascia Must Be Removed/Replaced During Install Minor Drilling Required Requires Some Trimming of the Air Dam |
Yes, the BX3206 is specifically designed for the 1996 Oldsmobile 88 Royale Sedan. However, you must use only a Blue Ox-approved tow bar with this baseplate. Using any other tow bar will invalidate the limited warranty.
The manual states that only tow bars approved by Automatic Equipment Company are compatible with the BX3206. Using any other tow bar invalidates the warranty. Contact the manufacturer or your dealer for a list of approved tow bar models.
Required tools are: 1/2" wrench, 7mm wrench, 3/4" wrench, 8mm wrench, 9/16" wrench, 10mm wrench, flat screwdrivers, Phillips screwdriver, 1/2" drill bit, drill, jack, and Loctite Blue.
The kit includes: 1 baseplate weldment (61-4896), 3 wire nuts 1/2-13 (61-4029), 2 attachment end plates (101-1532), 1 upper attachment tube (107-2003), 3 hex bolts 1/2-13 x 1 1/2 Grade 5 (201-0051), 8 hex bolts 3/8-16 x 1 3/4 Grade 5 (201-0404), 4 hex bolts 8mm-1.25 x 35mm Grade 8.8 (201-0418), 8 hex nuts 3/8-16 (202-0003), 4 hex nuts 8mm-1.25 (202-0118), 8 flat washers 3/8 (203-0003), 8 lock washers 3/8 (203-0010), 3 lock washers 1/2 (203-0012), and 4 lock washers 8mm (203-0102).
Yes, a helper is required. Step 6 specifically states "With a helper, bolt the upper attachment tube (Item 4) and the baseplate (Item 1) to the lower holes of the attachment end plate (Item 3)."
The manual does not specify whether the battery must be disconnected. However, since headlight electrical connectors must be removed during installation, it is recommended to consult the vehicle's service manual or contact the manufacturer for guidance on safe electrical disconnection procedures.
The first step is to read the General Instruction Sheet included with the baseplate. Then remove the headlights by removing the three clips on the back side, removing the four electrical connectors and four bulbs, and setting the headlights aside.
Remove the three clips on the back side of the headlights. Remove the four electrical connectors and the four bulbs. Set the headlights aside. The headlights are attached to a plastic bracket; use a 10mm wrench to remove the three bolts that hold the bracket to the frame, and set the bracket aside.
1. Remove the top and bottom plastic moldings attached to the bumper using a 10mm wrench or socket. 2. Remove the 10mm nuts from behind the nose emblem and the nuts on each end of the radiator. 3. Remove the Phillips screws that hold the molding around the tires. 4. Remove the 10mm bolts along the inside seam of the quarter panels and bumper (approach from underneath to reach these bolts). The bumper can then be removed.
Remove the two bolts that connect the tubular shock to the frame (do this one side at a time). Bolt the attachment end plate (Item 3) as shown in the diagram. Do not tighten. With a helper, bolt the upper attachment tube (Item 4) and the baseplate (Item 1) to the lower holes of the attachment end plate (Item 3). Snug the bolts, but do not tighten completely.
Yes, drilling is required. You must drill three 1/2" holes in the frame—one for each brace that extends from the baseplate to the frame. A 1/2" drill bit is included in the required tools.
Yes, the bottom molding will need to be notched out where the braces meet the molding. The braces will cover two existing bolt holes for the molding; these holes should be disregarded, as the remaining bolts will hold the molding sufficiently.
The three braces that extend from the baseplate to the frame require 1/2" holes to be drilled in the frame. Wire nuts (Item 2, part 61-4029) are inserted into these holes.
The baseplate (Item 1) and upper attachment tube (Item 4) are bolted to the lower holes of the attachment end plate (Item 3) using 3/8-16 x 1 3/4 hex bolts Grade 5 (part 201-0404) with 3/8-16 hex nuts (part 202-0003), 3/8 flat washers (part 203-0003), and 3/8 lock washers (part 203-0010). Eight of each fastener type are included in the kit.
The attachment end plate (Item 3) is attached to the frame using 1/2-13 x 1 1/2 hex bolts Grade 5 (part 201-0051) with 1/2 lock washers (part 203-0012). Three bolts are included in the kit.
The three braces extending from the baseplate to the frame are secured using 1/2-13 wire nuts (part 61-4029, Item 2). These wire nuts are inserted into the 1/2" holes drilled in the frame.
Do not substitute other devices if the tow bar pin and clip are lost. Contact the manufacturer or your dealer to obtain replacement parts.
Yes, Loctite Blue must be used on each bolt. This is specified in step 7 and Loctite Blue is listed in the required tools.
Yes, the BX3206 is designed for the 1996 Oldsmobile 88 Royale Sedan. You must use only a Blue Ox-approved tow bar to maintain warranty coverage.
You will need: wrenches (1/2", 7mm, 3/4", 8mm, 9/16", 10mm), screwdrivers (flat and Phillips), a 1/2" drill bit and drill, a jack, and Loctite Blue.
Yes, a helper is required to hold and position the upper attachment tube and baseplate during installation.
Yes, you must drill three 1/2" holes in the frame for the baseplate braces. The bottom bumper molding must also be notched where the braces meet it.
Yes, Loctite Blue must be applied to each bolt during installation to ensure secure fastening.
Only tow bars approved by Automatic Equipment Company are compatible. Using any other tow bar will void the warranty. Contact your dealer for approved models.
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