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jjonn11
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Mar 31, 2015

Accessing King Pin Box Nuts

2000 Fleetwood Avion Westport 5er sat slightly nose high when connected to my F350 dually.
I lowered the hitch in truck bed to the lowest position (which is too low for towing a friend's air ride - bumped my rails).
Need to put hitch back where it was, and adjust the king pin box on my 5er.

There are 10 bolts (approx 1" socket) that must be removed to change the height.
Impossible to get hand into opening to hold the nuts.
I HOPE the nuts are captive-type --- please advise.

I really don't want to pull up the bedroom closet floor to access the nuts ! ! !

3 Replies

  • jjonn11 wrote:
    OK, that's good advice - I suppose I can always get by with 9 bolts holding it together (just in case the nut falls out of reach):).



    I contacted Fleetwood - the nuts are, in fact, captive (so they won't fall - LOL)


    LOL...

    It probably won't continue to loosen if you don't have a wrench on the other end - it will just spin tightly...

    Glad Fleetwood helped you out.

    :)
  • OK, that's good advice - I suppose I can always get by with 9 bolts holding it together (just in case the nut falls out of reach):).



    I contacted Fleetwood - the nuts are, in fact, captive (so they won't fall - LOL)
  • jjonn11 wrote:
    ...I HOPE the nuts are captive-type --- please advise...


    Try one and see...