Topic: Trailer Swing Tongue | Bass Cat

I'm the owner as of February 21, 2019 of a new Eyra and trailer and have a question about the swing away hinge on the tongue. I can move the tongue up and down by 1 to 1-1/4 inches in the hinge before putting the 2 pins in. When I swing the tongue to put the 2 pins in on the tongue, I must pick the tongue up and down to get the pins to slide in. Then after the pin are in place the tongue will move up and down at least a 1 to 1-1/4 inch at the ball until I hook up the boat to the winch and tighten the winch strap up pulling the slack out of the tongue. So, the winch is pulling the slack movement of the tongue up and being held by the winch strap to the boat. This just don't seem right that the boat through the winch pulling on the boat to take-up the slack in the hinge. Most of the movement of the tongue is in the 1/2-13 bolt on the hinge like the bolt is too small for the holes in the hinge. I've read the BBC message threads on the hinge cracking and this loose fit on the hinge bolt could be a cause of the cracking. I think that once the 2 pins are in place there should no movement in the tongue at the hinge. This movement will occur while towing the boat down the road. My previous boat trailer had a swing away tongue and there was no slack in the hinge and it only had one pin. I did not have to jockey its tongue to get the pin in it and it had no slack movement in it. I’ve talked to my BC dealer and was told that all the trailer tongues move up and down but that does not make it right and I’ve had some comments on the BBC of no/very little movement of the tongue. One commented that he had to grease the bolt so he could swing the tongue. I’ll guarantee that mine is so loose that it will never seize up with rust. The trailer tongue should not move in the hinge when pinned in place for towing. I’d like to take it to the factory and have it checked out because I plan to keep this boat for a while and I believe the loose slack will cause a problem down the road.