260 ft lbs of torque? Really?
The Husky weight distributing hitch that came with our TT needs to be dropped a couple of inches. The instructions say the bolt that I need to undo to lower it should be tightened to 260 ft lbs of to...
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skipnchar wrote:
Keeping the hitch ball attached is a pretty important item and they attach with a very large shank bolt requiring lots of torque. I'd torque to specifications or take it somewhere where they can. I"ve gotten by with less on a temporary basis (like a trip across town) but not when traveling.
I know 260 lb.ft sounds familiar but it is not the ball that he is talking about, its the transverse through bolts that would allow the ball assembly to slide down the vertical part of the hitch assembly.
The torque would be needed to ensure that the tilt angle for the ball assembly does not change, so I could see why the manufacturer might see that as important. On such a low-tech piece of kit I would not think that if 260 lb.ft were specified in error it would slip by. Or at least I should hope not.
