Weight Distrobution Hitch Repair

[redwake]

I have a husky setup with the round bars that go in under the hitch.. the opposite side is attached to the a frame with a chain that you use a breaker bar to lock.

at the point where the round bars insert into the hitch there is a retaining pin that prevents the bars from dropping out. the spring that keeps that pin within the groove of the bar on both sides has either left this earth or broken.

Can anyone share experience on how to repair those clips?

Under tentsion the bars stay in on their own unless i take a very sharp turn but i want to get them fixed.

[Highbeam]

If you are doing it right, you NEVER need to pull those spring tabs. Rotate the bar until the pin is forced out and then lower the bar.

[myredracer]

Any local dealer with a parts store should have these as well as a hitch shop. We lost a pin once and got a pack of two at a local dealer. Good to have a spare in case you ever lose one while out on a trip.

[NashTT]

You might consider grease on the hitch bars also. In the pic they look dry. I believe it will extend the life of hitch components and keep things quiet.

[campigloo]

redwake, there is your mistake. When you get your new parts in, the next time you unhook swing the bar under the bumper and lift slightly on the chain end of the bar. The bar will fall out with no need to pull the retainer clip.

[redwake]

TUCQUALA wrote:
This is what you are after, for the round bars:::

http://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Draw-Tite/3311.html?feed=npn&gclid=CNKCs-aAsb0CFQqCfgodqmkAZg

thanks that’s what I needed http://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Fastway/FA94-02-1059.html

shows me a good explosion of what all makes those things work... I’m thinking I just need to take them off and bend them i don’t see any springs it just seems to be the clip itself that provides the force to push them back in. which isn’t much because the things are about a quarter of the thickness of a paper clip.

i probably wore them out because i wear thick gloves to keep the grime off my hands when i hitch up and didn't realize how hard i was pulling them back.

[TUCQUALA]

This is what you are after, for the round bars:::

http://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Draw-Tite/3311.html?feed=npn&gclid=CNKCs-aAsb0CFQqCfgodqmkAZg

[handye9]

Have you tried etrailer.com?

Is this what you are looking for?

[redwake]