2012 Cougar High Country pinbox
When we bought our 299RKS, we had the dealer replace the oem pinbox with a Reese Sidewinder for the 5'7" bed on the F150. Now we have an F350 which sits too high for level towing because the Sidewinde...
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Garyl53 wrote:SkiSmuggs wrote:
Thanks for your replies. I had actually had the Sidewinder moved up 2" and moved it back down when I saw it wouldn't pivot. Didn't think to lock it down instead. The R16 is already in its lowest position. Two of the 4 turret bolts sheared yesterday and the arm is at a machine shop to have them removed. I am on the road and don't have my heavy tools to move the Sidewinder mount up.
Were there any clearance problems, Tom? The arm sticks straight out instead of angling down like the oem.
Can you provide more info on the turret bolts shearing? I am always a bit concerned about those boots given the load on them. Did the shear during re installation or did you find they had sheared sometime during use?
Thanks
I had backed into a site that left the arm at an bad angle to reconnect. If the turret bolts are torqued to 45,the arm can't be moved by hand so I was going to loosen, straighten the arm and restore. But the arm moved easily and I found both rear turret bolts had sheared. This was after 20 days on the road in its 4th season. I removed the arm, took it to a machine shop to remove the stubs and bought 4 new grade 8 bolts that were 1/4" longer as old bolts didn't quite reach bottom thread of nut. I recommend replacing those bolts periodically.
