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5TH WHEEL PINBOX COVER INSTALL
5TH WHEEL PINBOX COVER DRIVER
5TH WHEEL PINBOX COVER UPGRADE

The Brightons opted to have the new pin box installed by MORryde technicians at the company’s Customer Service Center, but Enfield pointed out this is a project that most people would be capable of completing.

5TH WHEEL PINBOX COVER INSTALL

Verify the pin height, install the remaining bolts and tighten with a torque wrench to listed specifications. Unlock the hitch and pull the truck forward.Center the holes and install at least one bolt on the left side and one on the right in different locations.Move the truck back and forth to line up the holes front to rear and the landing gear for up and down. Use your helper to line the pin box up to the mounting plate.

Place a spacer block under the rear portion of the pin box so that it can be positioned for installation.

Remove the factory pin box from the truck hitch and replace it with the MORryde Pin Box.

The rear of the pin box will fall to the bed of the truck, so it’s important to put a piece of wood across the bed for protection.

Pull the truck forward until the pin box clears the trailer.

Using the landing gear on the fifth-wheel, raise the trailer 2-3 inches.

Back your tow vehicle up to the fifth-wheel and connect to the truck hitch.

When removing the factory pin box, leave one bolt in place on the left side at the front and one bolt on the right side at the rear.

While it’s strongly recommended that you have someone on hand to assist in this swap, MORryde’s Jack Enfield said it is also possible to install the MORryde Pin Box when either a helper is not available or you are otherwise unable to lift and maneuver the new pin box into position.

5TH WHEEL PINBOX COVER DRIVER

The energy is transferred from the trailer to the truck, and where most people feel it is in the driver and the passenger seat.

You’ll notice it when you come to a stop, when you accelerate, or when you get on those roads where the expansion joints are in just the right location. “So, when you tow a trailer, you’ve got the transfer of energy from the trailer to the truck, and it’s mostly on a horizontal plane. There is no ‘give’ in that connection,” he continued. The stock pin box is designed around a steel-on-steel connection - the steel pin goes into a steel fifth-wheel coupler - and that’s it. “On traditional fifth-wheels, you have a connection between the truck and the trailer. “All we’re doing is taking what was rigid and making it flexible,” explained Enfield. Using a patented rubber shear spring, the system moves back and forth up to 3 inches and up to 1.5 inches side to side to absorb the transfer of energy from the fifth-wheel to the truck. Whenever the Brightons drove over bumpy roads they experienced the back-and-forth lurching known as trailer chucking - an all-too common occurrence for fifth-wheel owners.įortunately, Elkhart, Ind.-based MORryde International offers its Rubber Pin Box that, said MORryde Sales and Marketing Director Jack Enfield, can dramatically reduce back-and-forth chucking. The OE pin box that came with his Reflection fifth-wheel makes the connection, but he thought the ride was rough at times.

5TH WHEEL PINBOX COVER UPGRADE

Bob wanted to make at least one more upgrade to his rig before the trip, though.