Broken Lippert weld? 2005 Cougar
I just noticed that with the fiver unhooked I have a separation on the curb side near the front cap. The material under the overhang surrounding the king box is dropping away about 3/4 of an inch whe...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Your 2005 falls right in the LIPPERT frame issue
Pull the overhang panel off exposing the pin box structure
Visually inspect for torn cross sections, cracks, busted welds etc.
Do this with trailer setting front landing gear legs (no pin weight) and hooked up to truck (full pin weight)
Look for sidewall movement........and pin box flex
From what I've seen in the many pics posted here, many of the "busted welds" weren't actually "busted", but never stuck to the metal on one side. Just a bead tacked to one side, but not the other. Lousy, lousy welding. I could do better than that after a couple days in my 8th grade metal shop class.
Lyle
