Equilizer L-Bracket Moving

Mine do it too only when I have to back at a very steep angle into a spot. I have cranked them down as tight as I can get them. They have moved forward, but never backward. I never even thought about tack welding the brackets, I may try that. I need to check into these new pins too. Otherwise I like the setup

With help from the members here, I think I found the problem. I went out to check if the L brackets were contacting the A Frame properly and found the sides of my A Frame are very slightly concave and the brackets are contacting only at the top and bottom. You can barely see light through the brackets and the frame when they're bolted to the A Frame. Holding a straight edge on the side of the A Frame reveals about a .020" concave dip in the A Frame. So it looks like my options are to tack weld them on or bolt them through.

Thanks for all the info.

W.E.BGood wrote:
Campin LI...those new pins do exactly what thefulminator's idea addressed, i.e. keeping the L-pin RAISED so that it doesn't bind on the bar. The bars only slide back and forth, they should NOT move up and down, except under maybe the most extreme downward drop angle of the whole TV relative to the TT. The weight distribution and sway reduction is a function of the bars sliding on the L-brackets.

I'm gonna look into those new pins. Thanks much for the discovery and heads-up!:)

One of the brackets on my old trailer would move on the A-frame occasionally. I disassembled it and made sure both bolts were tightened evenly, and made even contact with the A-frame, and it seemed to help. It would still move on occasion, but I never tried anything else before I sold it.

On my current trailer I upgraded to the new style L-pins, and it seems to have nearly eliminated the loud popping/groaning noises when turning. I suspect the L-pins binding on the spring bars was causing the noise, and may also be causing your brackets to move on the trailer frame. (I also upgraded to the newer L-brackets so I could get rid of that stupid square-head screw- the new design is much better.)

W.E.BGood wrote:

I'm gonna look into those new pins. Thanks much for the discovery and heads-up!:)

Just a heads up - the new pins are not compatible if you use the bracket jackets according to the web site.

DRB

I noticed this on my buddy's EQ that it also moved forward on both sides, L&R. He moved them back, but it will happen again because the brackets are not bolted to the frame.

Campin LI...I think I got ya...lateral movement.

W.E.BGood wrote:
Campin LI...those new pins do exactly what thefulminator's idea addressed, i.e. keeping the L-pin RAISED so that it doesn't bind on the bar. The bars only slide back and forth, they should NOT move up and down, except under maybe the most extreme downward drop angle of the whole TV relative to the TT. The weight distribution and sway reduction is a function of the bars sliding on the L-brackets.

I'm gonna look into those new pins. Thanks much for the discovery and heads-up!:)

No problem.

Clarification: When I say perpendicular, I mean perpendicular to the normal back and forth motion on the L-bracket. Not up and down motion where the bar would lose contact with the L-bracket.

Campin LI...those new pins do exactly what thefulminator's idea addressed, i.e. keeping the L-pin RAISED so that it doesn't bind on the bar. The bars only slide back and forth, they should NOT move up and down, except under maybe the most extreme downward drop angle of the whole TV relative to the TT. The weight distribution and sway reduction is a function of the bars sliding on the L-brackets.

I'm gonna look into those new pins. Thanks much for the discovery and heads-up!:)

Ron3rd wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions, folks. The first thing I am going to check is the torque on the hitch head bolts as suggested above. I might have the one side too tight.

Personally, I don't see how that can be contributing to your problem.