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Do you need to torque the tow ball on the hitch?
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:05 pm
I got a new truck that has the towing hitch, but didn't come with a tow ball. Now I have the ball but am reading online that it needs to be torqued to 250 ft-lbs. I don't have the tools to do that and don't really want to buy a torque wrench just for this one thing. Does it need to be torqued or can I just get 1.5" wrench to tighten it? Obviously I don't have a lot of experience with towing but hope to change that over the next few years.
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Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:12 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
I been having the same tow ball on my hitch for 16 years..... I didnt torque it and I havent had any issues.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:17 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
I just tightened the shite out of mine with a wrench. It’s been there for over 10 years and I probably couldn’t get that thing off if I tried.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:22 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
Yes I did torque mine, I think it went to 6 uga uga's on the impact
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:27 pm to Barneyrb
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:32 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
I torqued mine until the pipe wrench slipped off and flew across the garage.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:34 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
I usually get them pretty tight with a 36" pipe wrench and put a tack weld on them.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 4:54 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
Just tighten the ever living dog shite out of it
Posted on 7/1/20 at 8:11 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
If you ever want to swap the ball out for 1 7/8 or 2 inch etc, best do it the right way so it's removable for different ball sizes. Or you end up having to switch out receivers. Or you end up with multiple tow vehicles depending on ball size because like others said, you ain't getting the old one off. Round and round.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 8:11 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
You can actually torque it without a torque wrench using the turn of the nut method. It’s an approved method of turning the nut a specific degree after it’s been snugged. It’s approved for structural steel construction.
Or you can just give it all you got with a 12in pipe or crescent wrench and leave it on the back of your truck. I used to put mine on with a 10in and take them off with a cheater pipe or metabo..
Or you can just give it all you got with a 12in pipe or crescent wrench and leave it on the back of your truck. I used to put mine on with a 10in and take them off with a cheater pipe or metabo..
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:11 pm to deeprig9
quote:get another hitch. It has a pin and swaps in 8 seconds. Tighten her till she squeaks, weld that shite up. Special purpose tool is what a hitch is
If you ever want to swap the ball out for 1 7/8 or 2 inch etc, best do it the right way so it's removable for different ball sizes.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:21 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
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250 ft-lbs
To torque something to 250 ft-lbs would be pretty tough. I’ve NEVER seen anything that needed to be torqued that high.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:28 pm to Miketheseventh
Lol in heavy equipment business 2500 ft lbs isn’t uncommon
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:31 pm to Miketheseventh
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To torque something to 250 ft-lbs would be pretty tough. I’ve NEVER seen anything that needed to be torqued that high.
That's not that much, if you have the right torque wrench, but you don't want to do it with some little 3/8" drive crap. They make torque wrenches where you can torque bolts up to 1500 foot pounds, but that wrench is about 5 feet long, 35 lbs. and costs 5-600 bucks, maybe more, I never bought one, I just used the one where I worked, just about every day. Anything more than 1500, they would let me use a hydraulic machine.
This post was edited on 7/2/20 at 8:54 am
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:37 pm to Earthmover
If we're dick measuring in here, I torqued some generator foot bolts to 6200 ft lbs not that long ago
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:44 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:country skrong
6200 ft lbs not that long ago
Posted on 7/1/20 at 9:45 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
I torqued mine.
Got a torque wrench from work. fricker was like 48" long.
Lol.
You can use neverseize on the threads only. Not on the mating surface of the nut to the hitch. If there is grease surface to surface on the faces it will change the torque value.
You could tack weld. If the tack breaks there is a good change you exceeded weight somewhere. Like a tattle tail.
Got a torque wrench from work. fricker was like 48" long.
Lol.
You can use neverseize on the threads only. Not on the mating surface of the nut to the hitch. If there is grease surface to surface on the faces it will change the torque value.
You could tack weld. If the tack breaks there is a good change you exceeded weight somewhere. Like a tattle tail.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:05 pm to White Bear
All I did was hold the button
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:08 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:08 pm to thejudge
If we're going to nerd out about torque, 250 ft-lbs on a 1" shank isnt shite. A 1" bolt will be torqued between 600 and 1200 ft lbs depending on what grade it is. With a trailer hitch, you basically just need to do all you can with the biggest wrench you have. No load you can apply to that ball with any normal bumper pull trailer will be anywhere close to breaking anything. You just need it to stay tight.
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