andersen ultimate hitch shifting

B.O. Plenty wrote:

sljkansas wrote:
You won't go wrong with the B&W Hitch. Going on 12 years with mine, and have never had a problem with it. I do need to get it repainted, and contacted B&W to see it they would repaint it, but haven't taken it it to them as yet, maybe this next Fall.

I'm not sure what these posts on the B&W hitches have to do with the subject hitch which is an Anderson ???

B.O.

It's the B&W Cheerleaders. Mention hitch in any post and they start up. Just ignore them.

My Andersen is on a spray in bed liner with rubber mat and hasn't moved at all.

boingram wrote:
...have a new andersen ultimate hitch in my gmc 3500...have it torqued to spec at 55#...it shifts a little in my bed...guess it needs more than 55..any observations? ...on a b & w turn over ball...thx...bo

I once had it turn slightly once -- just a tad. I haven't had it happen since then. 50# torque for me.

Has nothing to do with the bed surface. It's likely his GN hitch is moving. Read my post from earlier.

sljkansas wrote:
You won't go wrong with the B&W Hitch. Going on 12 years with mine, and have never had a problem with it. I do need to get it repainted, and contacted B&W to see it they would repaint it, but haven't taken it it to them as yet, maybe this next Fall.

I'm not sure what these posts on the B&W hitches have to do with the subject hitch which is an Anderson ???

B.O.

my Aluminum is on a rubber bed mat as well - no shifting. Not on a turnover ball (yet).

I was worried mine would slip some because I don't have any kind of bed liner and I thought it would slide on the painted bed, but it hasn't. I plan on getting at least a rubber bed mat and maybe a Linex job done, but haven't yet. I torqued mine to spec about a month before picking up out fiver. I re torqued it right before picking it up and it tightened up a little more.

I have the Andersen Ultimate Aluminum on a Curt gooseneck hitch. I torque to spec at 50#. Hasn't moved a bit on my setup. I also have a LineX coated bed. Its rather grippy...what sort of bed do you have?

x2 on contacting Andersen. Andersen CS will help you get it resolved.

Had the same problem. It ended up being my B&W Turnover was moving. Check all your bolts are torqued to spec on the B&W, especially the side plates. After re-torquing the B&W mine is rock solid. You don't need to torque down the Andersen more than the recommended 50ft/lbs

Double posted.