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BRITISH STANDARD AUTOMOBILE SERIES

1 c:1 989

ISO 337:1 981

(Superseding
BS AU 1b:1977)

Specification for

Dimensions of “50” fifth

wheel king pin for
semi-trailers

[ISO title: Road vehicles — 5 0 semi-trailer fifth wheel coupling

pin — Basic and mounting/interchangeability dimensions]

UDC 629. 1 1 4. 3. 01 1 . 7: (083. 3)

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Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Automobile

Standards Committee (AUE/- ) to Technical Committee AUE/1 3 upon which the
following bodies were represented:

British Railways Board

Department of Transport (Highways)

Freight Transport Association

Health and Safety Executive

Institute of Road Transport Engineers

London Regional Transport

Ministry of Defence

National Bus Company

Road Haulage Association

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Automobile
Standards Committee, was
published under the authority
of the Board of BSI and
comes into effect on Amendments issued since publication
31 March 1 989

Amd. No. Date of issue Comments

© BSI 02- 2000

The following BSI references

relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference AUE/1 3
Draft for comment 76/73553 DC

ISBN 0 580 16872 7

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Contents

Page

Committees responsib le Inside front cover

National foreword ii

1 Scope and field of application 1

2 Reference 1

3 Basic functional dimensions of pin 1

4 D imensional characteristics for mounting

and interchangeability 2

Figure 1 1

Figure 2 2

Figure 3 2

Pub lications referred to Inside back cover

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National foreword

This revision of BS AU 1 has been prepared under the direction of the Automobile
Standards Committee and is identical with ISO 337: 1 981 “Road vehicles — 50
semi- trailer fifth wheel coupling pin — Basic and mounting/interchangeability

dimensions ” published by the International Organization for Standardization

(ISO). This revision supersedes BS AU 1 b: 1 977 which is withdrawn.

Terminology and conventions. The text of the International Standard has

been approved as suitable for publication as a British Standard without
deviation. Some terminology and certain conventions are not identical with those
used in British Standards; attention is drawn especially to the following.

The comma has been used as a decimal marker. In British Standards it is current
practice to use a full point on the baseline as the decimal marker.

Wherever the words “International Standard” appear, referring to this standard,

they should be read as “British Standard”.

Cross-reference. The Technical Committee has reviewed the provisions of

ISO 4086, to which reference is made in the text, and has decided that they are
acceptable for use in conj unction with this standard.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity

from legal obligations.

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 and 2, an inside back cover and a back cover.

This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.

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1 Scope and field of application

This International Standard specifies the dimensions of the 50 [ Ì 50, 8 mm (2 in)] fifth wheel coupling pin
which is used for coupling semi- trailers to prime movers, taking into account the limitations of weight
generally laid down by official requirements.

NOTE If, for extra heavy- duty vehicles, this coupling pin is not sufficient, an 90 [ Ì 89 mm (3. 5 in) ] fifth wheel coupling pin according
to ISO 4086 shall be used.

In addition, this International Standard specifies the dimensional characteristics necessary for mounting
and interchangeability.

2 Reference
ISO 4086, Road vehicles — 90 semi- trailer fifth wheel coupling pin — Basic and
mounting/interchangeability dimensions.

3 Basic functional dimensions of pin

Figure 1

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4 Dimensional characteristics for mounting and interchangeability

0 0
*The dimensions 1 09 –0, 5 (Type A) and 1 39 –0, 1 (Type B) correspond to the pin dimensions.

0
**The dimensions 25, 5 ± 0, 5 (Type A) and 60 –0, 5 (Type B) are to be checked before mounting a new part.

0
***The dimension 84 –1 , 5 (Types A and B) is a control dimension for built- in new pin (i. e. to be checked after mounting) .

Figure 3

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See national foreword.

Publications referred to

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