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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"Gorilla tight"...is all too common...
Best to use a torque wrench
Be sure to keep the grade bolts designed in
Up'ing them to higher grade may cause a problem during the 'failure' sequencing
Designed stuff has sequencing of failure during whatever is the worst situation
designed for
Or it could be just a cost saving thing from the OEM to not use higher grade fasteners
Best to use a torque wrench
Be sure to keep the grade bolts designed in
Up'ing them to higher grade may cause a problem during the 'failure' sequencing
Designed stuff has sequencing of failure during whatever is the worst situation
designed for
Or it could be just a cost saving thing from the OEM to not use higher grade fasteners
