Sometimes by 2 inches! This was common on Peterbilt Air Trac and Air Leaf in the 70’s and 80’s. Hook to a trailer and it may overhang to one side more. You can actually see this on older trucks. With Rubber Torsion Hitches only 10 of the trailer inertia transfers compared to 100 using a hard. Back up the truck slowly and stop just before the trailers king pin box. One custom thing my wife’s uncle used to do at his trailer repair shop on a dedicated o/o trailer was offset the pin a little to the side by 1/4 ,1/2, or an inch to compensate for the tractor drive axles being offset to one side a little. Executive Fifth-Wheel King Pin Box (Torsion-Flex) Safety. Slowly back the truck so the bottom plate of the kingpin box slides onto the. If it is too deep like a lot of older trailers you can move it toward the nose or vice versa. Also it is a great time to custom set the pin depth from the nose. They make different shoulder lengths to compensate for the bolster depth.
differences in the measurements are the final location of the kingpin. Pin boxes that meet this criteria include Fabex 500, 503, 520, 530, 560 and 765 Lippert 0115, 11 and RBW 70. This replacement pin box fits on the Lippert L05 model pin box rails (OEM model. If you go thicker plate then what is on it get the proper length pin. Kit is required for use with Sidewinder rotating turret RP61300 if the pin box on your trailer measures 12-1/2'. If the pin is a weld in It will be easier to just cut it all off and replace with a new pin with it. Hardened steel will destroy a cast fifth wheel surface like a hardened hammer and actually becomes brittle over time.
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