B&W Hitch - Top Bolt

thomasmnile wrote:

laknox wrote:

thomasmnile wrote:

josten367 wrote:
I asked them if this happens a lot and they said "this issue sometimes happens" and they didn't tell me why this happens. Only to say "make sure that your torque wrench is calibrated correctly".
I thought it might have been from a hard shift in the trailer and the truck. When I was removing it I got the bolt halfway out of the post and then it stopped moving. Of course I had a torque wrench that was set at 100 lbs and it didn't stop me from breaking the bolt. I think that last time I put it on I torqued it down a little to much on the bolt, and definitely not 40 lbs of torque (over that).

Had a Companion hitch, never had a problem with the top bolt on the post, but the u-bolts were known for "stretching" from repeated tightening and torquing. I wonder if that's why the redesigned hitch doesn't use them. Oh, they would replace the u-bolts if necessary; hitch serial # and shipping info. was all they needed. They are a real standup company.

I'm not sure that the u-bolts stretch as much as the nylon in the nuts tears off and jams the threads up. I've had to replace mine only when taking the nuts =off=. As soon as they start to tighten up, I hit the tool box and grab my 3/4" breaker bar and just twist them right off. :-) When I get my new set, I keep the other old one as a spare. I =should= simply take the old nuts off and buy new ones to put on the old u-bolts. You could =buy= a lot of u-bolts and nuts for the cost of a new-style Companion, so I'll keep my old one, for now. :-)

Lyle

Understand what you and another post said about the nuts, but the U=bolts on my Companion actually elongated, and as I wrote, B&W replaced them at no cost. Have a TT now and sold the Companion so I have a WD/Anti-Sway hitch to play with now..........