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4x4ord
Explorer III
Nov 13, 2017

Simple question for B&W 5th wheel hitch owners

I was cleaning up my garage and I came across a little spring which is part of my B&W head. The idea of this spring is to keep the hitch tilted while hooking up the fiver. Either I am misunderstanding...
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4x4ord
Explorer III
Nov 14, 2017
transamz9 wrote:
My head leans towards the front of the truck without it.


I actually don't mind that at all. If the head leans toward the front of the truck the kingpin gets guided into the jaws by the tapered slot on the hitch. When the B&W hitch is level the tapered part of the hitch misses the kingpin.

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