Andersen Hitch Failure
Not sure if this has been posted. Rather disconcerting. Andersen failure
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Me Again wrote:Denny & Jami wrote:Me Again wrote:
Back to the break away cable. It appears to be routed to the drivers front corner of the bed and it appears that the driver was turning to the right. I still think it was pulled out and locked the brakes and the hitch collapsed. Thus the tug the driver reported.
Chris
If that's what happened the hitch should still be able to take that force without failure of any kind, I check my disk brakes all the time by applying the brakes manually and what about a panic stop when the trailer brakes lock.
Denny
So what is your theory? Hitch appears shiny new! Hitch was not torqued down correctly, allowing the front drivers side to raise up putting pressure on the passenger rear corner when the trailer brakes dynamited when the emergence pin pulled out. Chris
No hitch should fail when brake away is activated by accident, if the hitch is that poorly designed to allow the front corner to lift it's nothing I would want in my truck period.
Denny
