Equalizer Bolt Head Sheared Off
My husband just went out to clean up our Equalizer hitch and found that the head of the angle set bolt has sheared off completely. We have no idea how this happened. Has anyone ever heard of this? ...
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Thank you, everyone! That is exactly what happened. We called Equalizer and they told us how to take it apart. We messed up one of the shank bolts taking it out (I think that maybe excessive movement may have caused a problem, but we got it hammered out), and then it was a snap to unthread the set bolt. The set bolt is only a grade 5 (per Equalizer), and that's all we could find, but we got that and a new shank bolt (grade 8) and we're good to go!
I agree that it was due to overtightening. We had the trailer at a service shop before our last trip and they noticed that the set bolt was loose, so they tightened it up - I guess a little too enthusiastically!
Anyway, it was much easier to fix than we anticipated, so it's all good!
I agree that it was due to overtightening. We had the trailer at a service shop before our last trip and they noticed that the set bolt was loose, so they tightened it up - I guess a little too enthusiastically!
Anyway, it was much easier to fix than we anticipated, so it's all good!
