🚗 Enhance Towing Stability with CURT 17314 Replacement Trunnion Bar Weight Distribution Hitch Conical Washers Review

These notched compression lock washers are good quality and replace the Original Equipment thru-bolt washers on the surge clutch.

My current hitch is the Fastway e2. Great clutch but the hardware is class 2 crap. I hope these washers hold up better as I changed my junk bolts to class 8 and the tapered washers didn't hold up well. I'll keep them as a spare when the time comes!

I have a different brand hitch that used a split ring lock washer on the lower hitch cap bolt and when I applied the manufacturers recommended torque of 260 ft-lb it squeezed just take out the lock washer and destroy it. Looking at Kurt's clutches, they used tapered washers on both bolts, so I ordered them and rebuilt the clutch head to use that type of washer. From a technical point of view they are superior in every way since the idea is to maintain axial tension on the threads. They picked…