Thread: Pintle hitches

It's a while ago since I did it, but if you take the lunette carrier off, you'll notice that there is probably a wheel bearing backing spacer jammed in there, under the lunette keeper nut. Remove that and you will probably see a cammed washer. Placed over the lunette shaft in the correct direction, this washer will give you around 30 degrees travel off center in each direction.


Cheers,
cw.


p.s. Welcome to the site! This should probably be in the technical forum.

Thank you for your reply, from your description do I have to remove the cammed washer. I have not yet pulled the Lunette ring assembly off the trailer and so cannot visualise it at this point.

Many thanks

Jon

From memory ... which isn't very good of late ... the camed washer fits in two directions, 180 degrees apart. One direction it will stop any rotation and 180 degrees from that, it will allow around 30 degrees each side of horozontal of the lunette.
If the washer is in situ, you'll figure it out.

Cheers.
cw.

And the pack of washers are retained by a Nylock nut. If you want the lunette to rotate, even a Nylock will eventually undo itself. The lunette is cross drilled, and was originally fitted with a castle nut and split pin, much like a standard car trailer axle. Don't forget to regularly use the grease nipple, too.

Thank you both very much for your help. Hopefully I'll get time this weekend to pull it apart and have a look.

Jon

Take photo's and post up what you do.
I'm sure it will help others in the future.

Hi Guys,

not all lunette shafts are cross drilled, (mines not) so not always possible to fit a castleated nut and split pit. They modified the lunettes to stop them rotating due to excessive wear and the then large number of lunettes they were having to replace due to this wear. If you really want it to rotate would strongly suggest you make sure you grease it regularly as 303gunner suggested.

Cheers

Andy