How to tighten hitch ball

[Ken]

Well I just got a new gadget for the pop up. It's called a "Playte" It's
a V type metal gadget that bolts on the the hitch using the ball. Used
to force the tong of the trailer over the ball. One person mode.
Question is a force of 250 ft/lb's is needed to tighten the ball back up
and of course my new torque wrench only goes to 150 ft/lb's. What kind
of major wrench do you use to tighten these things up. Ken

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[Ken]

The answer is easy! First take your draw bar out of your reciever and
put in in a vise. Then get a 250 lb. friend to hold the wrench 12
inches back and hang on it until it's tight!

A bit more seriously - I am assuming that you are talking about
retightening the ball on the drawbar. Mine have always had a lock
washer on the bottom so I just torque like heck. You could take it
down to your local garage and see if you could talk them into torquing
it with a air wrench if you want to be by the book.

Tim

Or I could get a 500 lb friend and use a 6" wrench :-)
Thanks I was just woundering how serious the tightness of the ball screw
actually was.
So it looks like my biggest cresent wrench with a short pipe and pull
like hel_.
Thanks again Tim: Ken

[Tim Marvil]

Ken,

The answer is easy! First take your draw bar out of your reciever and
put in in a vise. Then get a 250 lb. friend to hold the wrench 12
inches back and hang on it until it's tight!

A bit more seriously - I am assuming that you are talking about
retightening the ball on the drawbar. Mine have always had a lock
washer on the bottom so I just torque like heck. You could take it
down to your local garage and see if you could talk them into torquing
it with a air wrench if you want to be by the book.

Tim

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[Ken]

Tim: I was thinking. I have 3/4" of thread showing when tight. I think
im going to drill a 1/8 hole at the bottom and insert one of those
spring loaded 1/8 " hitch pins. If the ball ever did come loose I would
not lose it and trash the trailer. Ken
ps: gives me something to do while the latest inch of rain tries to
drain away. I called the CG I want to stay in first and they told me
it's a soggy mess of mud. And my standing offer still applies. If
anyone needs water come to my back yard. Per load limit is 1 million
gallons per visit. Only because of weight restrictions on the roads.
Unlimited visits allowed. Ken

[George & Theresa Odom]

Ken wrote:
>
> The answer is easy! First take your draw bar out of your reciever and
> put in in a vise. Then get a 250 lb. friend to hold the wrench 12
> inches back and hang on it until it's tight!
>
> A bit more seriously - I am assuming that you are talking about
> retightening the ball on the drawbar. Mine have always had a lock
> washer on the bottom so I just torque like heck. You could take it
> down to your local garage and see if you could talk them into torquing
> it with a air wrench if you want to be by the book.
>
> Tim
>

> Or I could get a 500 lb friend and use a 6" wrench :-)
> Thanks I was just woundering how serious the tightness of the ball screw
> actually was.
> So it looks like my biggest cresent wrench with a short pipe and pull
> like hel_.

> Thanks again Tim: Ken

>
> --
> Visit My Camping Web Site
> http://home.rochester.rr.com./sar/camping.htm

I just turn it 90 degrees in the receiver and stand on the end. Turn the
ball to the right to tighten.
--
George
99 Jayco 12UDK
99 Blazer
http://vol.com/~godom/camping.html

[Ken]

Thanks George!!!!!! Ken

[Mark]

The problem I've had is keeping the ball from rotating while
tightening the nut. I seem to recall many years ago seeing hitch
balls with flats on the base which could be grabbed by a big wrench or
pipe wrench (if you don't mind the teeth marks). Now I can't find any
like this.

On Tue, 06 Jun 2000 18:38:07 GMT, Ken <kbr...@rochester.rr.com>
wrote: