Justin Allen
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Hey guys - Maybe I'm over-analyzing this but I don't want to end up with a trailer coming loose. So my new LR4 has the older "plow" hitch that was common on the LR3. The one that extends further back to the spare than the current one.
Anyways, when I bought the vehicle it was already installed. The other day I pulled it out just to see how it worked and noticed something. When the hitch is off the vehicle, and you twist the green handle back to retract the main pin, then engage the smaller pin to simulate it locking back onto the vehicle, the main pin protrudes further than it does when locked onto the vehicle. I got under the truck with the receiver installed and the main pin is only barely poking through the hole in the frame. Whereas when its off the vehicle its out a little further. You can notice this as well by taking note of the angle of the green handle when its on vs off the vehicle. With the pin fully protruded off the vehicle, the green handle is at a much more vertical angle than it is when on the vehicle. The handle is closer to horizontal when on the vehicle.
Is this normal? I didn't get the warmest feelings of confidence in it when I barely felt that pin protruding through the hole in the frame...
Anyways, when I bought the vehicle it was already installed. The other day I pulled it out just to see how it worked and noticed something. When the hitch is off the vehicle, and you twist the green handle back to retract the main pin, then engage the smaller pin to simulate it locking back onto the vehicle, the main pin protrudes further than it does when locked onto the vehicle. I got under the truck with the receiver installed and the main pin is only barely poking through the hole in the frame. Whereas when its off the vehicle its out a little further. You can notice this as well by taking note of the angle of the green handle when its on vs off the vehicle. With the pin fully protruded off the vehicle, the green handle is at a much more vertical angle than it is when on the vehicle. The handle is closer to horizontal when on the vehicle.
Is this normal? I didn't get the warmest feelings of confidence in it when I barely felt that pin protruding through the hole in the frame...