Is this pin supposed to be all the way through?

Is this pin supposed to be all the way through?

no, that pic is correct

But wouldn't it make more secure if it was all the way through?

Yes, but
>American engineering
doesn't have to make sense, just has to look sturdy.

my tow hitch looks just like that

i dont get it either so i lockwired it pulling towards the pin

I just find it interesting that this dinky little pin is what ultimately secures a 5000 pound load

Not really. There is enough force from the spring part of it to hold it in the hole, and it isn't in danger of getting pulled out through normal use.

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But it's not. It's there to hold the larger pin in place, which is what actually keeps the hitch on the receiver.

No. Its a lock pin, and designed to be removed easily but keep the hitch pin from falling out.

There shouldn't be a lateral load on the pin itself.

Not at all actually. A 5/8" pin has a cross section of 200 square millimeters, and alloys have a tensile strength (including resisting shearing) of anywhere between 400 and 1000 N/sqmm, so they can bear a force of 80 to 200 kN. I don't know what kinda forces the pin experiences from the hitch wiggling around as the tow vehicle pulls the trailer, but if the tow vehicle pulls as hard as the earth's gravitation it's equivalent to 18k-45k lbs at the hitch.