Trailer Hitch/Accident Concerns
All, Last week I was rearended in my 2016 2500HD by a smaller Chevy Cruise I think it was. The front of the car was banged up pretty bad. My trailer hitch took the most of the impact. There aren't...
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Unless you have X-Ray eyeballs and/or a magnetic flux field generator with lots of iron dust to sprinkle on it...I'd get a new one
Brand new prices range from around $150 to $250 bucks, plus about an hours time to remove/install
Then the frame of your TV...have it inspected and signed off in writing that it is straight
Vehicles are designed with crumple zones that collapse to absorb the energy of a crash. Not all of the energy was absorbed by that car, as your truck also took energy from that crash.
Work hardening and micro fractures are there. Question is how extensive is it. Plus on a high, dynamic stress component that connects your TV to trailer. "Tin Canning" is the potential issue over time. The cost to have it X-Ray'ed or MagnaFlux'ed would cost close to or more than a brand new one
Low cost enough to replace the receiver and not worry about it.
That is just my opinion...
Brand new prices range from around $150 to $250 bucks, plus about an hours time to remove/install
Then the frame of your TV...have it inspected and signed off in writing that it is straight
Vehicles are designed with crumple zones that collapse to absorb the energy of a crash. Not all of the energy was absorbed by that car, as your truck also took energy from that crash.
Work hardening and micro fractures are there. Question is how extensive is it. Plus on a high, dynamic stress component that connects your TV to trailer. "Tin Canning" is the potential issue over time. The cost to have it X-Ray'ed or MagnaFlux'ed would cost close to or more than a brand new one
Low cost enough to replace the receiver and not worry about it.
That is just my opinion...
