Check your balls!!

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   If you have a 1 inch shank the torque spec is usually 250 ft lbs and 450 ft lbs for a 1 1/4 shank. 
You'll have a hard time getting that much torque with a pipe wrench. Either stop in at a shop which can do that or get the right size socket and a breaker bar, put the hitch in your receiver sideways, put the socket and bar on the nut so the bar is horizontal, and stand on the bar to tighten it.
if you take the torque requirement, divide by your weight and multiply by 12 that will be the distance in inches from the bolt where you need to stand.  

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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Topic: Check your balls!! Posted: 05 Jun 2019 at 12:52pm
	If you have a 1 inch shank the torque spec is usually 250 ft lbs and 450 ft lbs for a 1 1/4 shank. You'll have a hard time getting that much torque with a pipe wrench. Either stop in at a shop which can do that or get the right size socket and a breaker bar, put the hitch in your receiver sideways, put the socket and bar on the nut so the bar is horizontal, and stand on the bar to tighten it. if you take the torque requirement, divide by your weight and multiply by 12 that will be the distance in inches from the bolt where you need to stand.
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Jholler Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 99	Posted: 05 Jun 2019 at 10:45am
	after 1200 miles, I was getting a LOT of slack jerking. Fresh water full, everything else empty. Hubs were cool, brakes were fine....wait, what's this?? The coupler ball retaining nut was about three threads from falling off! 😱 Guess that big lock washer wasn't as effective as I hoped! Cranked it back down with a pipe wrench, and will remember to check more often now!
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