Holland fifth wheel play in jaws

Same trailer? Does yours have the bolt in the front of the fifth wheel?

 

I have the same problem. I'm not worried about.

 

How did you adjust it?

If you adjusted it per Holland procedure and it still has slop its overhaul or new plate time.

 

If it's hooked to the same trailer, and it won't do it when the shop tries it, your king pin could be worn.

 

Buy new. Otherwise, you may be doing it all again in a month or 10.

 

A rebuild kit is cheap and easy to do. Amazon even has some of them

 

If your working with the FW-35 plate, and you have that much slip, I usually back the adjust bolt out till the washer underneath has @1/8 of gap. Set the trailer brakes, release the 5th wheel Jaws, pull forward @6” ( not much more) and then back-back into it. You’ll want it hit, you can hit too hard, but you can back in to soft. If the gap under the adjusting nut washer has disappeared and there’s still slop, repeat the steps. If the gap is the same, either you didn’t hit hard enough to close the jaws past the wear spot or your let it go to long and it has worn to much.

My trucks run in severe conditions. I’ve put Jaw kits in multiple Holland FW-35 plates. And they will last past the time we sell them.