When I purchased my travel trailer, the dealer installed the Reese Straight Line 1,200# Trunion Dual Cam with Sway Control weight distribution system. Today, I went through all of the paperwork for the system and nowhere can I find the torque specifications for any of the bolts. The only references to torque mentioned in the installation instructions are a couple of places where they say "Do not over tighten".Does anybody know what the torque should be on all of the bolts for this system?Thanks,Bruce

It's really not critical like a head gasket or something similar - I just run them down good and snug with an impact wrench or a ratchet and use my weight to tighten it.

ScottG wrote:It's really not critical like a head gasket or something similar - I just run them down good and snug with an impact wrench.That's basically what I have done up until now. The bolts that concern me most are the self-tapping bolts that hold the cam arm to the frame. I want them as tight as possible, but I'm afraid I will strip the threads in the frame.Bruce

nomad297 wrote:ScottG wrote:It's really not critical like a head gasket or something similar - I just run them down good and snug with an impact wrench.That's basically what I have done up until now. The bolts that concern me most are the self-tapping bolts that hold the cam arm to the frame. I want them as tight as possible, but I'm afraid I will strip the threads in the frame.BruceAs long as they're tight to the frame and don't allow movement then they will do their job. Making them even tighter wont make anything stronger as it's their sheer strength that keeps things in place.

The online instructions for the dualcam part call for 50 ft lbs for those self taping bolts. If your setup has the serrated washer setup for the head tilt make sure those two bolts that hold the head to the shank are tightened right. If the head slips it screws up the serrations on the hitch head and they are tough to reshape with a file.

Bob/Olallawa wrote:make sure those two bolts that hold the head to the shank are tightened right.I found that there is a sticker on the shank that requires 300 ft/lb on those 3/4" bolts. I checked them and they were right at 150 ft/lb. my torque wrench only goes up to 150 ft/lb. I figured with an 18" breaker bar and my full 222lb body weight it might come close to that 300 ft/lb. That's what it got.Bruce

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myredracer
Explorer II
Dec 22, 2014
When the tongue weight gets up around 1,000 lbs and upwards, the threads made by the Reese forming screws can be become enlarged/ovalized and the screws can become loose. This happened to ours and I am planning to take care of this before the next season.

If you only tighten the Reese forming screws directly into the frame, I would periodically check the tightness. There is a long, long thread somewhere on the forum about this. There are some ways to overcome this if it does happens, such as through-bolting along with a spacer inside the A-frame. The radius of the cam arm bracket is different than the outside corner of the square tubing on an A-frame which can worsen things too. For higher tongue weights and a Reese DC WDH, the long, long thread is at the very least, an interesting read. Couldn't find it in a quick search though.
cockroach
Explorer
Dec 22, 2014
ScottG wrote:
cockroach wrote:
What would be wrong worth using nylock nuts and tighten them just past snug. Then check them every 100 miles or so until you are comfortable that they are ok? I am referring to the type with u-bolts that straddle the frame.
Absolutely nothing - that would hold just fine.This is the type that I have.1st Picture in upper left hand corner.

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