Torque Wrench for WD Hitch nylock nuts
Is this the right thread for this, first of all? I'm trying to install a weight distribution hitch to haul my trailer of stuff from east county San Diego California to Kansas. It's a 7' x 14' cargo...
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dolfinwriter wrote:mkirsch wrote:dolfinwriter wrote:
What amazes me is the most common response I have gotten is to take it to a semi or big rig maintenance facility and bother them to borrow a proper torque wrench for this. Is that really what most people who are doctors, lawyers, cybersecurity professionals, carpenters, electricians, teachers, bankers, police officers... do? I doubt most people even know where to find one.
Most people pay the RV dealer to install the hitch.
Not sure how they can do it if they don't have a torque wrench either.
They do it, all the time. Probably with an impact gun. They probably don't even count the ugga-duggas. They've done enough of them to know what tight feels like without a torque wrench.
Folks have to keep in mind we're not building a Formula 1 race engine here. We're assembling a weight distributing hitch with big beefy castings and large bolts. Close enough is close enough, and there are ways to get close enough without having a torque wrench.
If you want to fret about having all the bolts tightened to laboratory accuracy that's your prerogative, but again, close enough is close enough.
