Nut backed off ball caused accident
I was heading up to santa cruz ca. in my 40' american eagle I had my motorcycle in tow on a utility trailer. Before I left I had tighten the nut on the ball with an air impact driver the kind that you...
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What is your impact gun rated for?
At what PSI?
They do lose torque capacity over time...how old and how well maintained or used is it?
Without a torque wrench or some such, calibrated tool...no one knows what the
torque was on that nut.
What is the torque required on that ball/nut? The info is on the label/package/etc
it came in
Another thread on this topic here at this link: How often do you need to tighen your hitch ball?
At what PSI?
They do lose torque capacity over time...how old and how well maintained or used is it?
Without a torque wrench or some such, calibrated tool...no one knows what the
torque was on that nut.
What is the torque required on that ball/nut? The info is on the label/package/etc
it came in
Another thread on this topic here at this link: How often do you need to tighen your hitch ball?
