tluxon
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bettered wrote:Besides, how else are we going to get this thread to 30 pages? If you do what I did some time ago and change your preferences to display 20 posts per page, it'll be even tougher to get to page 30 ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin") .
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BurbMan
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Thanks, Ed....wake me up again when we get to page 30!
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bettered
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Thanks Burb, I'll try and watch out for you. Don't want you to miss anything important. You know how engineers are...
Tim,
You're on to something, but the front bar can't go quite that far.. The ears the carry the restraint (drop down bar) are in the middle of the front bar and about 1 1/2" wide. That's what the short link hits, and the link is almost 3" wide in the middle. I'll check that out too..
Ed
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bettered
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Well, I've got the ears in the wrong place. The restraint bar drops down into the hitch bar cavity when the hitch bar is NOT in place, and the other end of the restraint goes UP into the rear bar - one of 5 possible positions. This restraint appears to be of about 0.5 x 0.75 x 3" and has considerable clearance on the sides between the ears (Yes Burb, sort of like mine [just checking]). The ears themselves are similarly stout, and about 1.5" out to out. A roll pin serves as the pivot, but it's only tight in the ears. The restraint is wobbly. But in fact, it is the "stop" that causes the "thunk" we hear at the end of the tape.
One thing that's a bit confusing is that the drawings show the linkage from the TT point of view, but most of the time we're looking at the hitch on the front of the TT where it's always mounted, the TV being usually elsewhere and we're free to rotate the TV end as desired to see the action. But that means we're seeing the action from the TV viewpoint. As a result, it's the narrower 'front' bar we can manipulate to see the action. Now in my feeble brain that shouldn't make a great deal of difference, but maybe it really does.
From Center position to one side, one short link appears to rotate about 90 degrees and then [u]returns[/u] toward it's original position at full deflection of the front bar. The other short link rotates over 180 degrees as the picture shows. Of course going the other way, the links switch roles.
Well now, I just had another look at Tim's drawing, and that's EXACTLY what he shows.
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Ed
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tluxon
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bettered wrote:You're on to something, but the front bar can't go quite that far.. The ears the carry the restraint (drop down bar) are in the middle of the front bar and about 1 1/2" wide. That's what the short link hits, and the link is almost 3" wide in the middle. I'll check that out too. I'd bet those ears are designed that way intentionally as a safeguard to prevent anything weird from happening if the linkage were allowed to reach its natural limit. I'm thinking the stresses and leverage within the linkage could get quite high if the linkage DID reach that natural limit.
Tim
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bettered
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Yes, in the meantime I made a couple of edits you might want to check.
I agree with you Tim. Next time I'm hooked up, I'm going to do a steep turn to see how close I can get to that limit (if I can see the durn thing!!!) I'll bet I've got a ways to go before I get there.
PS: The short links do seem to be about 3" in the center, but closer to 5" dia. at the front and 4" dia. at the back.
Ed
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BurbMan
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Still here, Ed.
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bettered
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Very classy!!
I opened the door for you, but you let it pass..
Who was it said bad things about Yankees, particularly from NY. (I suffered through Albany for 9 long years.)
I had to look at that again. 8.1L and 4:10 gearing! Whatever do you get for gas milage? I've got a small engine with 4:10 gears and I certainly know what that brings...
Ed
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BurbMan
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It's all in good fun! I appreciate the opening nonetheless.
MPG runs about 9-10 around town, 13 on the hwy, 8 or so towing. Oh well....
Donb
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tluxon
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bettered wrote:One thing that's a bit confusing is that the drawings show the linkage from the TT point of view, but most of the time we're looking at the hitch on the front of the TT where it's always mounted, the TV being usually elsewhere and we're free to rotate the TV end as desired to see the action. But that means we're seeing the action from the TV viewpoint. As a result, it's the narrower 'front' bar we can manipulate to see the action. Now in my feeble brain that shouldn't make a great deal of difference, but maybe it really does. It doesn't make ANY difference in how the links relate to each other, but it definitely looks different in the illustration. Here is a comparison side-by-side.
![[image]](http://home.comcast.net/~tbluxon/Hensley_Fig5.jpg)
Believe it or not, both sides show identical angles between the front and rear bars.
Tim
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