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Boatycall
Sep 05, 2019Explorer
ajriding wrote:It's supposed to have that slight angle.
I would shim under the lower bolt that holds the hitch to the trailer frame, this would take out some of the leaning angle that is causing the springs to point up in difference to the chains that are going parallel to the ground.
There are three points of attachment holding the brackets to the trailer frame.
1-That angle helps bind it in place, and the square tube where the chains go in also have a matching angle to level them out. The top and bottom of the bolts are pinched against the frame rails.
2-The bolts themselves clamping the brackets to the frame.
3-In the first pic, if you look closely, there is a lock bolt that also required drilling into the frame that also locks the brackets in place. You'll see the top and bottom clamping bolts, and a third one which is a large allen-head bolt going into a hole in the frame.
This is held in place much better than the previous WD hitch that simply had one lock bolt on the opposite side of the chain clamp.
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