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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BStrummin wrote:
This is great advice as I just assembled my WDH last weekend, and discovered my torque wrench also only goes to 150lb/ft. I have a question about the pin at the bottom - I forget what it is called but it's like a keeper bolt underneath and it has a square head. It's supposed to be torqued to 50lb/ft but for even with my full complement of standard and metric sockets I couldn't find one that would work. How do you torque these square headed bolts? Maybe an adjustable wrench and pipe plus a scale is the only way?
You need an 8 point socket. They used to sell them at Sears, probably still do. I believe it's a 5/8 inch 8 point socket.
Edit to add some links.
Amazon link
Matco link
