pullrite superglide
Can a pullrite superglide 5th wheel hitch be installed and work properly in an 8 foot bed?
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What C.B. posted is correct. And while option 3. is the easiest. Option 2 is very appropriate too. But while C.B. did an excellent job making his stationary adapter, it does not need to be that involved. Below is a method that does not involve fabricating, machining and welding a new adapter bracket. Just common home tools (hand drill, Pilot drill, 1/2" drill bit, and a long 1/2" bolt and lock nut. Remember, the goal is to simple stop the carrier from moving backward.
You can simply remove the guide rails and cross-drill them to install a 1/2 bolt to go through them. The bolt needs to be installed in a position that does not allow any slop between it and the carrier hub. If the delrin inserts are use, it still can be cross-drilled, but positioning the bolt is different. A little slop is OK and can be adjusted out by using the carrier stop adjustment. So measure carefully before removing the guiide rails, drilling the cross holes. Then go buy yourself a good strong 1/2" bolt that goes through both gude rails completely. And buy a good locking nut to tighten on the crossbolt.
The SuperGlide hitch plate is exactly the same as used on Pullrites SuperFifth series of non-sliding hitches. So no changes needed there. But you can throw your capture plate in storage. Save it for when you buy a shortbed truck in the future. Now that you won't be using the capture plate, you can go buy one of those teflon anti-friction disks for your kingpin. Without the capture plate, and the hitch locked in place, the kingpin will be rotating on top of the hitchplate, like a normal hitch. So the teflon plate will work to reduce wear on the hitchplate. And remember to grease the pin.
If you ever want to convert back to auto-slide mode, just remove the bolt, remove the teflon disk, and put the capture plate back on.
You can simply remove the guide rails and cross-drill them to install a 1/2 bolt to go through them. The bolt needs to be installed in a position that does not allow any slop between it and the carrier hub. If the delrin inserts are use, it still can be cross-drilled, but positioning the bolt is different. A little slop is OK and can be adjusted out by using the carrier stop adjustment. So measure carefully before removing the guiide rails, drilling the cross holes. Then go buy yourself a good strong 1/2" bolt that goes through both gude rails completely. And buy a good locking nut to tighten on the crossbolt.
The SuperGlide hitch plate is exactly the same as used on Pullrites SuperFifth series of non-sliding hitches. So no changes needed there. But you can throw your capture plate in storage. Save it for when you buy a shortbed truck in the future. Now that you won't be using the capture plate, you can go buy one of those teflon anti-friction disks for your kingpin. Without the capture plate, and the hitch locked in place, the kingpin will be rotating on top of the hitchplate, like a normal hitch. So the teflon plate will work to reduce wear on the hitchplate. And remember to grease the pin.
If you ever want to convert back to auto-slide mode, just remove the bolt, remove the teflon disk, and put the capture plate back on.
