Kingpin won’t lock in to release

Hey everyone

my fifth wheel won’t lock when I pull the handle or every once in a while it will. An adjustment ?
Just wondering what are usual issues ? Don’t usually need to uncouple but I had this load to Walmart.. took so long.. that.. was annoying

 

has the locking jaw been greased or the moveable parts lubed up? Anytime mine has been stuck i just had to spray a little PB Blaster on it and on the spring/arm and it worked fine.

 

There are certain types of handles that my company has that lock into the open position. Maybe that could be an issue?

Every once in awhile I would back against the kingpin, pull forward for my tug test, and freely roll forward. Always a nice surprise. Lol

 

Yeah I HAR that done during an oil change about 2-3 months ago, I was actually almost starting to think this might be the issue but I guess not then huh ?

It’s not a major issue for me right now so I haven’t taken a lotta time on it but when I did I was having a hard time looking at how the mechanism works and what might be messed up how I could fix it maybe

 

I have an older truck, my fifth handle just usually locks outwards when locked now it just springs back in

 

oh, I misunderstood..... it DOESNT lock open, I misread your original post and thought you couldn't get it to close

 

yeah doesn’t lock open

 

The 5th wheel needs to be serviced ASAP.

A good Shop can often fix it in a routine pm

 

Ok thanks, lately I only had to time to get my truck and trailer greased at a loves they didn’t really have a clue. Thanks for true advice

 

Take truck to a shop before you lose your wagon