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BAILEY02
Explorer
Aug 15, 2016

HELP! Toy Hauler creeks, sounds like it's breaking in two!!

We are newbies to full time RVing. We head out permanently in about two weeks. We purchased a 2011 keystone fusion from PPL in Texas. At the time, they told us people did not test pull the rigs. So we purchased the rig and headed home to California. Upon getting home we found the rig to have serious issues with creaking, sounds of metal on metal, and just overall sounding like it was going to break in half. Especially when taking sharp turns, anytime it is in motion with short movements.. This is not our first experience pulling large trailers, we have owned living quarter horse trailers in the past and never heard anything like this. It's terrible!. They can be totally embarrassing at the gas station.

has anyone else had this issue? Is it shocks? Is it leave springs? Something needs lubricating? Any help would be greatly appreciated .,
  • randy328 wrote:
    Weight Distribution hitch also can make a ton of noise.

    That's what I was thinking too. My old Equalizer WDH hitch was really bad sometimes, known issue just how they are.

    Did you get a 5er or pull behind?
  • Wet bolts may help as they lube the suspension pivot points with a grease gun
  • Thank you Tyler0215! We have never heard of those. Is that a job we could do ourselves?