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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BarneyS wrote:
You say that you are not getting enough weight distributed, and then you say that you do not need the hitch head tilted down. These two statements alone say that you do not understand how a WDHitch works and what the parts are for.
Also, you do not level a trailer by the tilt of the hitch head. The head tilt is for adjusting the amount of preload of the WD bars, and therefor the amount of tension on them for a given number of chain links.
I ask you again to please take the time to read those two links I provided earlier to get your new hitch set up correctly. Your old one WAS NOT - based on your statements here.
Barney
1) Tilt hitch head preloads bars... I know and agree, but my bars are not rated high enough and so with more tilt angle comes more tension on the bars... bending them to scary levels, I fear breakage. So I backed-off the tilt and just worked with the amount of lift I could get.
2) Height of ball dictates trailer level... I know and agree with that too, I have not stated otherwise.
