umm... I thought u said simpler...Originally Posted by PK
Wow - nearly 50 posts in one day.
Sue, if you have not committed yet, there is a simpler way.
Carefully measure the total width of the outer tube of your hitch at the hole position.
Buy 2 off 5/8" socket head cap screws that have an plain shank (part above the thread) about 2" long.
Take them to an engineering workshop.
Have them cut one of the SHCSs off at half of the width of your receiver, and drill and tap a 5/16' thread x 1" deep into the newly cut end.
Have them cut the other SHCS to (3/4" + half the receiver width). Turn down the last 3/4" to 5/16", and tap a 5/16" thread all the way down to the shoulder.
Insert 1 SHCS in from each side of your receiver, and screw them together.
The main shank of the SHCS is twice as strong as a standard hitch pin and at the point where the shear load will be applied, if it breaks then it is the least of your problems - you have been hit by a train.
With the round head of a SHCS sticking out each side, no one will ever work out how to undo it.
PK
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