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In this segment I want to outline the importance of tightening bolts, properly, in order to
get it mounted up, securely to your vehicle. You can just imagine riding down the road
and you've got your most valuable possession, your gigantic boat, behind you and suddenly
it detaches from your vehicle and causes a huge accident. The importance of getting this
tightened, securely, is real important. Ok, so I've mentioned Loctite but you may be asking
"Well what is Loctite?" Loctite is a substance that's very thin, that you can put on a bolt.
You can but it at any auto parts store but what its purpose is, is when you put it on
the bolt and you put it in the frame and it tightens down, it almost like glues the bolt,
into the frame. Not permanent but it definitely keeps the bolt from backing out on its own.
Now that we have the trailer hitch mounted up and the bolts tightened, you're probably
going to want to check the torque. Now if you have a high-tech torque wrench, like this,
you can set the torque to the bolt. Now each bolt may be different, because there are different
sizes. It should suggest it in the instructions about what to torque it to. So, you can set
your torque wrench and you can check the torque on the bolts or if you don't have a torque
wrench, I would suggest that you get it really tight. You probably can't get these too tight,
to be honest.