Check Your Hitch...

[TRCM]

I had to remove the hitch on my truck and put it back on tonight.

 

When I went to take it off, the bolts/nuts that hold it on had less than 40 ft lbs of torque on them. Not sure if the factory uses this setting or not, but every hitch I have ever had the torque on the mounting bolts was in the 80-100 ft lb range.

 

I see from MS3Dale's post in the top section that the bolt torque is 75 ft lbs, and the nut torque is 83 ft lbs. Not sure how you're gonna get 2 different torques on the same fastener tho.

 

Also, on mine at least, there were no plates up top on the 4 forward bolts, so if you remove or tighten the bolts/nuts, you will need 2 wrenches. (needing 2 wrenches was 1 of the problems I fixed on mine)

 

Just a word of warning.

[wages999]

When I bought my truck, one of the bolts that attached the hitch to the bumper was only in about halfway. I made sure they were all tight before I used the hitch.

[DFWSierra]

Maybe that explains why when I had to take my hitch off to put drop shackles on that I only had 7 of the 8 bolts holding the hitch on.

[jblakeney]

Hey, just look how many they put together... They are bound to mess up now and again.....

 

My glove box only had 2 screws holding the hinge...... They put the extra screws in at the dealership, when I said something about it at the dealership.... The plastic did not even have the treads cut in it yet...

 

Jbo

[C. Charles Hahn]

Hey, just look how many they put together... They are bound to mess up now and again.....

 

Especially after lunch when they stumble back to the line from the bar..... drunk.

 

And don't think I'm kidding, either. I went to high school across the street from a GM plant and I literally watched it happen. Guys would walk to the bar next door to the plant, drink lunch, and stumble back to work.

 

Funniest story I ever heard was from my mom, who said when she bought her first car (a 1973 Oldsmobile Omega) she would hear a rolling sound when she turned corners. Took the car back to the dealer, and they dropped the gas tank. Inside, they found an empty bottle of Jack Daniels (airline sized bottle). One of the workers stashed it in the tank after taking a shot of it while working on the line!

[reidrhollander]

Hey, just look how many they put together... They are bound to mess up now and again.....

 

Especially after lunch when they stumble back to the line from the bar..... drunk.

 

And don't think I'm kidding, either. I went to high school across the street from a GM plant and I literally watched it happen. Guys would walk to the bar next door to the plant, drink lunch, and stumble back to work.

 

Funniest story I ever heard was from my mom, who said when she bought her first car (a 1973 Oldsmobile Omega) she would hear a rolling sound when she turned corners. Took the car back to the dealer, and they dropped the gas tank. Inside, they found an empty bottle of Jack Daniels (airline sized bottle). One of the workers stashed it in the tank after taking a shot of it while working on the line!

 

 

For some good GM plant stories listen to this story. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

 

It is unbelievable as to what was going on.

[C. Charles Hahn]

For some good GM plant stories listen to this story. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

 

It is unbelievable as to what was going on.

 

The NUMMI one? I'll have to check that out.

[brims]

I had to remove the hitch on my truck and put it back on tonight.

 

When I went to take it off, the bolts/nuts that hold it on had less than 40 ft lbs of torque on them. Not sure if the factory uses this setting or not, but every hitch I have ever had the torque on the mounting bolts was in the 80-100 ft lb range.

 

I see from MS3Dale's post in the top section that the bolt torque is 75 ft lbs, and the nut torque is 83 ft lbs. Not sure how you're gonna get 2 different torques on the same fastener tho.

 

Also, on mine at least, there were no plates up top on the 4 forward bolts, so if you remove or tighten the bolts/nuts, you will need 2 wrenches. (needing 2 wrenches was 1 of the problems I fixed on mine)

 

Just a word of warning.

 

There are 4 bolts that have nuts welded to the frame and there are 2 or 4 bolts that you have to put a wrench on along with the nuts. That's probably the nut/bolt torque stuff. I know the Curt hitch manuals show different torques for the different bolts.