Dual Cam Setup

Campin LI wrote:
I had binding issues with my old dual cam setup. Sometimes the detent on the inside bar would not unlock from the cam on a turn. This put a lot of outward pressure on the outside lip of the cam. When this happened, sometimes the cam would lift up leaving slack in the chain because the cam was lodged into the detent. It would eventually let go and make a real loud bang. When this happened, the bolts that hold the cam to the frame would become loose or tear out. Sometimes on not so tight turns, when the detent of the bar was jammed onto the cam, I got bent snap bracket from the outward pulling of the chain, maybe 25-30 degrees off vertical alignment (on edit - maybe less of an angle than this). I did eventually get tired of trying to stop the problem and I switched to Equal-i-zer brand hitch. The commonality was that the bar did not unlock from the cam and it was related to binding. I could never get rid of the binding. No matter what I did, the instance of binding was just moved to another location. I think a lot may have to do with the slop between the hitch and the receiver of the truck. I also think the angle the bar makes on the cam plays a role. There is a lot to analyze. I also think the stiffer bars are less forgiving.

Hi,

Did you have the HP DC or older standard DC with the U bolts holding it to the frame?

And what capacity WD bars?

The older standard DC in some cases had WD bar flare interference with the newer 1,200# WD bars. And the newer HP DC had flare issues too as I posted just above.

Thanks

John