torque for shank bolts

Lynnmor wrote:

Hannibal wrote:
The only reason for the shim is customer perception. On my Reese HP, I torqued the shank bolts to the 250 ft/lbs max on my torque wrench. Then a couple of grunts with a breaker bar. The shim prevents rattles, nothing else.

Bending the sides of the ball mount till they meet the shank, or crack, is not something that I would do. If you have that much play that it would rattle, shim it or junk it.

I said nothing of bending anything. For someone to junk a perfectly good hitch because it doesn’t satisfy your perception of how you think it should be, makes my point. The only reason for the shim is customer perception.