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John_Joey
Explorer
Sep 30, 2015

Any common sense logic on how the pins/clips face.

I pulled the hitch out of the truck bed last spring to do some hauling. I just put it back into the truck the exact same way it came out, but it got me thinking. Right now the clips on the pins ar...
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WE-C-USA
Explorer
Oct 01, 2015
Back to the OP, John's ??. Does it make a difference, I don't know.
But on my Reese 16K hitch, it has a warning sticker.
Quote--'Install 4 pull pins & spring clips as shown(clips on outside of base rails)' end quote. There's also a drawing on the sticker showing exactly that.
The only reason I can think for the warning is, you'll be able to see, clearly, that the spring clips are installed correctly.
I've always installed mine that way.

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