Equilizer Hitch - New Pin Design

c3saving wrote:
Has anyone had issues with the L pin bending?

Oh yes they bend. Just buy more....

Has anyone had issues with the L pin bending?

sodakfisherman wrote:
Also, one of the advertised benefits of the new L pin design is that it holds the L pin up a little bit so that it is not resting directly on the spring arm. One of the complaints about the old design is that the L pin can be slightly loose in its hole, causing it to rest at a slight angle on the sway bar. This can cause it to bind against the spring arm during tight turns and can bend the L pins. This new design will hopefully solve that problem.

I had that problem with the slight angle and binding. I welded a piece of square stock to the back of the pin to keep it square in the hole . (If I knew how to do pics I would post one )

Also, one of the advertised benefits of the new L pin design is that it holds the L pin up a little bit so that it is not resting directly on the spring arm. One of the complaints about the old design is that the L pin can be slightly loose in its hole, causing it to rest at a slight angle on the sway bar. This can cause it to bind against the spring arm during tight turns and can bend the L pins. This new design will hopefully solve that problem.

The new smaller snap pins that hold the bars to the hitch are a commonly sold item at TSC and come in various sizes and lengths.

Those larger, thicker L pins that hold the sway bars to the L bracket I think are specially made for use with the Equal-i-zer. I have been up and down the isles of my local TSC and have never seen anything like those L pins anywhere. I may be wrong, but I think those are made specifically for the Equal-i-zer and are not commonly available as a hardware item outside the realm of RVs.

Please let me know if I am incorrect, because I would love to be able to buy those thick L pins locally from a hardware or farm store.

Thank you; I must have read right over that post.

marc515 wrote:

Tiggs wrote:
Saw this on their website and thought I'd pass it on as I haven't seen it shared here yet.

The "L" pin has been redesigned. It will be shipped with the new units or can be ordered separately for use on your older hitch.

http://www.equalizerhitch.com/News/article.php?articleid=28

Not a huge design change but for folks, like me, who tend to lose "fiddly bits" like pins and such.... well, it might be a good replacement option ;-)

Does anyone sell them besides Equalizer hitch.com?

Yes. As posted a couple of posts above yours, you can get both sizes of those pins at Tractor Supply.
Barney

forgot to mention that my Equalizer came with the new pins, but as I had also purchased the black plastic covers for the brackets, the new pins are not big enough to clear the plastic covers. The dealer swapped me for the old style L-Pins and I then added the 1-piece hitch pins.

Tiggs wrote:
Saw this on their website and thought I'd pass it on as I haven't seen it shared here yet.

The "L" pin has been redesigned. It will be shipped with the new units or can be ordered separately for use on your older hitch.

http://www.equalizerhitch.com/News/article.php?articleid=28

Not a huge design change but for folks, like me, who tend to lose "fiddly bits" like pins and such.... well, it might be a good replacement option ;-)

Does anyone sell them besides Equalizer hitch.com?

I order a replacement kit online and received the new one... It was not what was pictured when I ordered (Old style).. I called the vendor and they told me what you wrote above... The new design actually works better and faster IMO...