Super Glide Hitch owners
On only our second outing, DW commented that she thought the 5th wheel was "clunking" when stopping or starting. After her comments I noticed also, I did not feel it but I did hear it. Today while cle...
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tegu69 wrote:
Don't have one, but a friend of mine does. We worked on it, tightened the screw as much as we could. It got loose again and he then had it welded to the pin box. He recently traded trailers and bought virtually the same trailer. Dealer changed out the pin boxes and he's good to go again.
For the hitch snubber:
The bolt should of had a lock nut at the base to keep it tight. The block can be replaced by cutting a new block of the correct size from virgin nylon, drilling a hole for the block mounting screw.
I just broke mine down to overhaul and paint. Found the sticker that says "Use lithium grease or other med grease on ways..." So that takes care of what lube to use. I wasn't sure of the manufacture date as I bought the hitch used.
For the capture plate:
I damn near jack-knifed my trailer coming into the toll booth on I 80 due to a jack hole in a compact flying into the lane just in front of me. While driving along the trailer felt "off". At the next toll plaza, I pulled to an open area and parked. The jamm-up had caused the capture plate to bow on the sides and bend the side spacers.
A few large hammers and some welding all good. I only welded new spacers into place on the plate and re welded the side rails at the same time.
As has been pointed out, it's not a good thing to weld the capture plate to the pinbox.
