2004 521VX RANGER TRAIL SLOPPY SWING AWAY TONGUE

[rbeiforte]

The swing away tongue on my Tandem Ranger trailer is very sloppy on the hing side of the swing away tongue. There is about 3/4" up and down play and it's making trailering uncomfortable too. It jerks the truck on certain bumps. The hing pin is not accesable. Seems to be welded on. I am afraid that this pin will eventually fail. I've just replaced the entire A60 receiver/master cylinder as well. I've searched this forum but cannot find any solutions other that to weld up the swinging tongue and move on LOL. Any ideas??

[wmitch2]

Grind down the weld, remove the pin and replace with a bolt.

[JoePA]

Mine is/was the same way. I purchased new bushings from Ranger and it helped a lot but I have not touched the hinge side. Get both the bushings and replace the hinge pin.

[rbeiforte]

I was contemplating doing just that. Not sure if the holes are elongated. I guess if that is the case, I'll get someone to weld the holes a bit smaller and redrill to the correct size?