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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BenK wrote:
The more I read on these forums...the more concerned get about the setup next to me going 65MPH or more...
LOL it's not that bad!
Thanks for explaining, that makes sense. Only asking because I'm not an engineer and don't have the same level of understanding on what goes into these design decisions. So need the clamping force to prevent movement of the ball shank in the hole, not just to keep the nut on. Makes sense.
So my revised recommendation on the castle nut would be to torque to 450 ft/lbs THEN cotter it!
You should move to KY where trailers for non-commercial use don't need to be registered (TTs and 5ers require tags) and there is no MV inspection of any kind, forget about a smog check....you see some interesting stuff on the road down here....
