B&W Hitch
Assembled our new Companion Hitch today, hooked up to our 5er and towed it for a few miles, the coupling and uncoupling were the best I have seen. The hitch is quiet and smooth. I am very impressed s...
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goducks10 wrote:sdetweil wrote:
because I have rails, I have the B&W Patroit hitch. same excellent hitch quality.
on my truck the hitch is slightly loose in the rails, and makes an annoying small clunk on start/stop at traffic lights..
I found a set of rubber pads put between the hitch and rails to take up the extra space.
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x2. I too have the rails and Patriot. My rails are well used and I get some clanking form the base rocking on the rails. I just wedged in some thin metal shims. After that it's super smooth and quiet.
Funny thing happened when we 1st got our B&W. After about a 1/2 seasons use I started to hear what I thought were my springs really squeaking on the 5'er. Drove around like that for a couple trips. One day while fiddling with the hitch I noticed that the two metal tabs that keep the head level were causing the squeak. Sprayed some WD40 on them and they haven't squeaked since.
Thats one heavy fiddle !! :) :B
