Chuck&Gail wrote: One exception. Some folks use a hitch pin that has a bend on one end to keep it in. These WILL cause problems as they wear the receiver hole badly. Make sure your hitch pin is STAIGHT on both ends. Been there, done that, Almost ruined receiver.
Chuck,
I don't quite see how the curved hitch pin can affect wear of the hole. Mine naturally rides clear of the curved section which I believe means it is essentially straight(?).
I assume it is the curved pin shown in this example of the handy Hitch-Vise shown on this Excursion:
My thought is the Hitch-Vise may go a long ways in reducing, or entirely eliminating the Hensley "bump". I believe the Hensley bump cannot occur without some minor extraneous play somewhere in the hitch assembly. As an example, I recently experienced the Hensley bump with our Excursion when I made a rapid deceleration and a quick left hand turn at about 30 mph. On inspection, one strut was slightly loose, either caused by the strain of the bump, or was the primary cause altogether.
Thanks for the link, Davidchristy99.
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I get the usual 'clunking' sound when un-hitched and I leave the hitch head in and it wobbles around the reciever. I have had pieces of plastic shim from the big box store that I wedge in there to alleviate this.
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Hitch vise looks very interesting. Does using something like that increase the chances of some failure in the hitch and losing the TT? How long has it been around? Do a lot of people use it? It's only $30 - I think that would be worth it to have the WDH not clunk around in the receiver.
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Chuck&Gail wrote: One exception. Some folks use a hitch pin that has a bend on one end to keep it in. These WILL cause problems as they wear the receiver hole badly. Make sure your hitch pin is STAIGHT on both ends. Been there, done that, Almost ruined receiver.
I've noticed that too! Kind of a pain in the butt, it stretchces the hole from the outside.
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Right. That curve at the end will have nothing to do with the pin hole wearing all the way through on both sides. That wear comes from the play that the op is talking about. Once the hitch settles the wear will stop.
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Chromag wrote: Hitch vise looks very interesting. Does using something like that increase the chances of some failure in the hitch and losing the TT? How long has it been around? Do a lot of people use it? It's only $30 - I think that would be worth it to have the WDH not clunk around in the receiver.
The Hitch Vise is really made for bike racks and the like, however, I picked up on it a while back from one of the senior members who has a lot of credibility (sorry my age prevents me from remembering exactly who ) I used it last year. It is nothing more than a clamp that holds the hitch in the receiver snugly. If it were to fail, it would have no effect on safety.
Chuck&Gail wrote: One exception. Some folks use a hitch pin that has a bend on one end to keep it in. These WILL cause problems as they wear the receiver hole badly. Make sure your hitch pin is STAIGHT on both ends. Been there, done that, Almost ruined receiver.
I've noticed that too! Kind of a pain in the butt, it stretchces the hole from the outside.
News to me....
Right. That curve at the end will have nothing to do with the pin hole wearing all the way through on both sides. That wear comes from the play that the op is talking about. Once the hitch settles the wear will stop.
I've had nothing but this original hitch pin in my receiver and I put it through the same way all the time. On the side where the curved pin goes through there is stretching or wear on the outside edge of the hitch where the hitch pin makes contace with the reciever in that one spot only. If the pin were straight, that wear would not occur. There is no other cause for this odd or abnormal or irregular hole.
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) I used it last year. It is nothing more than a clamp that holds the hitch in the receiver snugly. If it were to fail, it would have no effect on safety.
