djtkach
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Finally picked up the new TT - Spree 290BHS - and made the journey home from the dealer today. While en route, I kept hearing a jingling noise that sounded like the chains dragging on the pavement. I stopped several times to check and nothing is dragging anywhere. The noise stops when I stop, and starts at around 5 MPH. It isn't coming from the chains rattling as the pitch of the chains is slightly different (tried rattling them myself). Any thoughts?
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robbie69
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hitch/sway setup may be helpful to know. take it everything was working ok.
does it continue after 5 mph or does it stop? does it happen all the time or during acceleration, stopping, turning?? could try putting a few twists in the chains b4 hooking them up(just a few-not enough to make em stiff)
more info is needed on equipment. grunts, groans, grinds are fairly common and usually a lube problem but a 'jingle' is a new one
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Might be the new leaf springs squeeking! Tiny little noises might be compared to "jingling"!
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It may be the wind blowing the chains against some other metal trailer part rather than dragging.
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KC8WX
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Ours does this. There are some Metal Product ID/Ratings Tags (like dog tags), one on each chain (the Safety Chains I am talking about), that flip around and play wind chimes on ours the whole time we are moving. I thought we were dragging chains too, but not so.
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KC8WX wrote:Ours does this. There are some Metal Product ID/Ratings Tags, one on each chain, (like dog tags) that flip around and play wind chimes on ours the whole time we are moving. I thought we were dragging chains too, but not so.
Mine did this as well.
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H4Adventures
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Does it have electric brakes? I am assuming it does, if nothing else, I would just make sure there is nothing loose there that might rub the drum, I have seen loose calipers in cars make a jingling sound and it might do the same if that were the problem. Does the sound stop when you apply the brakes at speed?
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H4Adventures wrote:Does it have electric brakes? I am assuming it does, if nothing else, I would just make sure there is nothing loose there that might rub the drum, I have seen loose calipers in cars make a jingling sound and it might do the same if that were the problem. Does the sound stop when you apply the brakes at speed?
Excellent suggestion. When new, ours made a noise as described by the OP. I could never find it. It turned out to be the adjuster screw had fallen out and was bouncing around inside the drum. I was fortunate, no damage to the brakes, and more important, no panic stop issues that might have caused an accident.
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djtkach
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Hitch is Reese dual cam 1200# trunnion style. The noise is constant from about 5mph and persists at highway speed.
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I think the problem is your radio is not turned up loud enough.
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