Kingpin worry?
My 5er kingpin looks like it is bent backwards approximately 1/8". A bubble balance seems to confirm this. I have a Super Glide hitch in the Dodge Ram 2500 diesel. No problems with hitching at all. ...
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butkus51! wrote:
My 5er kingpin looks like it is bent backwards approximately 1/8". A bubble balance seems to confirm this. I have a Super Glide hitch in the Dodge Ram 2500 diesel. No problems with hitching at all. By looking from behind my truck, I can see the jaws (clamp) close completely around the kingpin as I back into the 5er. Should I worry at all?
If the lower side of the pin box, where the pin extends through isn't bent or "wrinkled", I might suspect that it might have been built this way and you just now noticed.
Lyle
