You didn’t ask but that never stopped me…. If it were me, I’d buy longer bolts so the shoulder was longer and then cut the excess threads off. Clearly it’s under engineered and expecting the threads to support the bar is short sighted on their part. Allowing it to have excessive play in the pivot points could and will overtime wallow the holes out. If you do buy longer bolts make sure they are grade 8, just sayin….
@@BarryFerrall Hey Barry, thanks for your comment. Gives me something to think about. That taper was only on those two small bolts and they seemed the same, these bolts are static, meaning they do not rotate, they only have a pull force against them. Makes me wonder why that taper was uniform all the way around unless the taper was designed in there. I commented it looked like crushed threads, but im not sure. Your comment has inspired me to call the company and see if I can just order new bolts. When I talked to the lady at Blue Ox and asked her if the repair kit included new bolts, I was told no, that those bolts were expected to last for the life of that tow bar. I will do some further inquiring.
You didn’t ask but that never stopped me…. If it were me, I’d buy longer bolts so the shoulder was longer and then cut the excess threads off. Clearly it’s under engineered and expecting the threads to support the bar is short sighted on their part. Allowing it to have excessive play in the pivot points could and will overtime wallow the holes out. If you do buy longer bolts make sure they are grade 8, just sayin….
@@BarryFerrall Hey Barry, thanks for your comment. Gives me something to think about. That taper was only on those two small bolts and they seemed the same, these bolts are static, meaning they do not rotate, they only have a pull force against them. Makes me wonder why that taper was uniform all the way around unless the taper was designed in there. I commented it looked like crushed threads, but im not sure. Your comment has inspired me to call the company and see if I can just order new bolts. When I talked to the lady at Blue Ox and asked her if the repair kit included new bolts, I was told no, that those bolts were expected to last for the life of that tow bar. I will do some further inquiring.