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04-11-2009, 08:23 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Forestville
Posts: 6,025
M.O.C. #496
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Check your hitch rail bolts
I was removing my hitch rails and was surprised to find that the bolts loosened very easily. I would have thought they should have been torqued down pretty tight. I never thought to check them while I had the 5th wheel. Just another thing to add to the check list.
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04-11-2009, 09:36 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Bakersfield
Posts: 5,316
M.O.C. #15
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Doug,
Good reminder. I usually put the wrench on mine about every other trip. Sometimes find them a bit loose. So far only about a quarter turn.... but certainly something we should always check.
Thanks for the heads up.
Dennis
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04-11-2009, 03:29 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
Posts: 7,249
M.O.C. #6433
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Good reminder. I checked mine for the first time a year after the hitch was installed. One nut had backed off where it was no longer touching metal and probably would have soon fallen off. Two others were loose.
And check your pin box bolts also. Also found a couple of them were not good and tight. Re-torqued them all
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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04-11-2009, 04:07 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Grand Blanc
Posts: 2,508
M.O.C. #5965
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Thanks, Doug. Never have checked mine. Will do it tomorrow. We are leaving for a 3500 mile trip Wednesday and appreciate the heads up.
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04-11-2009, 04:28 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Port Orchard
Posts: 1,153
M.O.C. #3403
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Mine are under the bed type and hard to get to so never checked them, but sound like something I need to look at this week. Thanks for the info.
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04-12-2009, 03:27 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Weeki Wachee
Posts: 814
M.O.C. #7219
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Doug, Thanks. We leave on a 3000 mile trip in 3 weeks and I'm sure I'll check those bolts now.
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04-12-2009, 04:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Centerville
Posts: 1,352
M.O.C. #9051
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Correct me if I am wrong I believe the torque on the reese setup is 72 lbs. thats what I torque to. I check about every 2-3 thousand miles. I am going to double check the 72 lbs. its been awhile.
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04-13-2009, 06:52 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kville
Posts: 2,865
M.O.C. #7871
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The owner's information sheet that came with my RBW (made by Husky) lists annual maintenance...the torque is 65 ft/lbs.
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04-15-2009, 01:31 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: St Johns
Posts: 434
M.O.C. #7691
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The Reese Signature Series under bed mount require the rail bolts to be torqued to 170 ft#'s and the "Puck" cap screws to 100 ft#'s. Have to borrow a big torque wrench and do some contortions to check them :-(.
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04-15-2009, 02:38 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Houston
Posts: 157
M.O.C. #9011
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Thanks for the heads up. That is a task that is easy to forget. I went out and checked mine and found that 3 of the 8 rail bolts were loose and one of the head screws.
I will put that job on the "once a month" list.
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04-26-2009, 06:12 AM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Florissant
Posts: 72
M.O.C. #7838
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I replaced the factory nuts with aircraft quality nylon lock nuts. Torqued them to 100 ft/lbs. That was two years ago. Just checked them last weekend. Still good and tight. Gonna do the same to the pin box. However I might wait till I get the 5th airborne set-up.
Mike
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04-26-2009, 08:47 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Drexel Hill
Posts: 897
M.O.C. #627
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When I read DHenery`s post on the hitch bolts.I said to myself OMG I never have checked them,never crossed my mind.So I went out and put a wrench on them and NONE of them budged a bit.I guess the installar did a good job.Or maybe its all of these smooth roads in Pennsylvania(grins)
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04-26-2009, 09:33 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Good advice, Doug. I don't check mine as often as I should but when I have they've been ok. However, we got a new hitch a year ago so I best check them soon.
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