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rightyouareken
Aug 01, 2013Explorer
I don't recall what the wear pattern looks like on my L brackets, but I have noticed that the wear pattern on my bars seems to be improving with mileage. They were wearing mostly on one side of the bar when new and are now wearing more evenly across the bar. Think hitch head angle probably affects this to some minor degree as the bars when hooked are slightly off from the axis of tilt, meaning the inside edges of the bars would be very slightly lower than the outside if I'm not mistaken, due to head tilt and the fact that they are at a less than 90 degree angle from the axis of tilt of the head. Also check and make sure your l bracket resting surface is parallel with the bars front to back.
I haven't really been motivated to look into it because it tows ok, but I'm sure you're right that performance may be improved with more even contact between the bars and brackets.
I haven't really been motivated to look into it because it tows ok, but I'm sure you're right that performance may be improved with more even contact between the bars and brackets.
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