Hi I'm a member of this forum and drive the class C. motorhomemy friend is a new retiree with a brand-new fifth wheel and pickup truck . Everything seems to be working okay except for a banging noise from the hitch every time he changes from breaking to Excel ration. His hitch is a top-of-the-line reese professionally installed.We both have an engineering background I am a retired tool and die maker. Despite a close examination of the hitch we cannot find where this banging noises coming from.All the bolts are tight. All the pins are in place and the levers in the correct position.This noise is bad enough to make him cringe every time he changes from the break to the gas.I am going to try and enclose some photos of this hitch but it is the very latest top-of-the-line from reese with jaw like mechanisms that close around the pin from both sides tried to load the pictures but it was a bit too complicated for me I'm not that computer savvythanksit slides between tow and maneuver positions on tubular railsplease give us some advice as this is making it a pain to drivethanks

awinfs wrote:Hi I'm a member of this forum and drive the class C. motorhomemy friend is a new retiree with a brand-new fifth wheel and pickup truck . Everything seems to be working okay except for a banging noise from the hitch every time he changes from breaking to Excel ration. His hitch is a top-of-the-line reese professionally installed.We both have an engineering background I am a retired tool and die maker. Despite a close examination of the hitch we cannot find where this banging noises coming from.All the bolts are tight. All the pins are in place and the levers in the correct position.This noise is bad enough to make him cringe every time he changes from the break to the gas.I am going to try and enclose some photos of this hitch but it is the very latest top-of-the-line from reese with jaw like mechanisms that close around the pin from both sides tried to load the pictures but it was a bit too complicated for me I'm not that computer savvythanksit slides between tow and maneuver positions on tubular railsplease give us some advice as this is making it a pain to drivethanksOn the Reese hitches most of them have a large steel pin that the head rotates on , and even with the new ones there can be a a little front to back movement, and noisy. Make a thin plastic shim with a slot that will fit down between the housing ,and the pin . That will take the play out ,and the noise.

That's called "chucking" by the way. An excellent reason to avoid Reese hitches, that problem is mostly unknown on good hitches.

It's called slop! Had the same problem when I had a RBW hitch. Tell him to sell the REESE and buy a B&W. Silence is golden.

I had the same annoyance. I got rid of the Reese and bought a B&W Patriot. The jaws hug the pin like bark on a tree and a lot less money.

agesilaus wrote:That's called "chucking" by the way. An excellent reason to avoid Reese hitches, that problem is mostly unknown on good hitches. Not hardly....even the higher priced hitch owners like the mighty Holland Binkley/Pullrite/B-W/etc have reported chunking issues. Chunking has nothing to do with banging or clunking or noise he is describing. The OP mentioned a noisy hitch such as banging which can be some where in the hitch or its mounting system. Driving style such as stabbing the brakes or the throttle can cause any hitch to make noise. Hell my wife can even make a commercial grade SAF-Holland hitch bang and cluck with a manual tranny. The OP needs to get a model number and research the hitch makers website. Some on this website have good research skills or if the model was known may have had the same issue and know the fix.

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TT_Tim
Explorer
Dec 08, 2014
I put a plastic shim on my Reese and went out for the weekend. I definitely remember the bridge abutments causing a lot of hitch noise. This time it was actually pretty quiet. So I just wanted to say thanks to psford for posting.
psford
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
Cummins12V98 wrote:
psford wrote:
RAS43 wrote:
psford wrote:

This made in America thing, is so ridiculous . I would love to buy just, Made in America, but I wouldn't have much, thats just a fact of life now.

Agree! If I needed a new hitch I would probably look for one made in America but I have one- a Reese made in 1996. Still works well and no noise or play.:B

Ya, this reese bashing by Cummins has no merit. It really needs to stop Stick to what he has if asked, not what he doesn't know a thing about other then his campground survey

Dude I tried to leave it alone with my last post but I guess you just don't know when to quit!

You just keep stirring the pot. I have shown exactly what I have said and you just keep it up saying things that are not true.

As I earlier said "Have a nice day!"

Well Dude, got your feathers ruffled I see. Your history on bashing products speaks for itself, and I have to repeat your campground survey, you really don't get it. Ya, have a nice day.
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Dec 07, 2014
psford wrote:
RAS43 wrote:
psford wrote:

This made in America thing, is so ridiculous . I would love to buy just, Made in America, but I wouldn't have much, thats just a fact of life now.

Agree! If I needed a new hitch I would probably look for one made in America but I have one- a Reese made in 1996. Still works well and no noise or play.:B

Ya, this reese bashing by Cummins has no merit. It really needs to stop Stick to what he has if asked, not what he doesn't know a thing about other then his campground survey

Dude I tried to leave it alone with my last post but I guess you just don't know when to quit!

You just keep stirring the pot. I have shown exactly what I have said and you just keep it up saying things that are not true.

As I earlier said "Have a nice day!"
psford
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
RAS43 wrote:
psford wrote:

This made in America thing, is so ridiculous . I would love to buy just, Made in America, but I wouldn't have much, thats just a fact of life now.

Agree! If I needed a new hitch I would probably look for one made in America but I have one- a Reese made in 1996. Still works well and no noise or play.:B

Ya, this reese bashing by Cummins has no merit. It really needs to stop Stick to what he has if asked, not what he doesn't know a thing about other then his campground survey
RAS43
Explorer III
Dec 07, 2014
psford wrote:

This made in America thing, is so ridiculous . I would love to buy just, Made in America, but I wouldn't have much, thats just a fact of life now.

Agree! If I needed a new hitch I would probably look for one made in America but I have one- a Reese made in 1996. Still works well and no noise or play.:B
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Dec 07, 2014
Have a nice day!
psford
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
It's called slop! Had the same problem when I had a RBW hitch. Tell him to sell the REESE and buy a B&W. Silence is golden.

This is "bashing"???

That was my response to the op who said the banging was so bad it made his friend "CRINGE"

Who you trying to convince, it is a minor problem has nothing to do with the integrity of the hitch ,it has been well documented, and a easy fix. Granted some have it some don't, its a 1/16 play in the large pivot rod from front to back, a plastic shim makes it as quiet as a mouse. The jaws have no play in them, and there is no noise in that area, nor the slider.

To answer your question ,yes it was bashing, if you were the authority you claim to be on Reese hitches from your campground survey you would have known the problem ,and gave the correct fix, and answer. Have read a few problems with some bolt that wears out, or rubber bushings on the B&W, but I don't come on here ,and say they are sloppy, get a Reese. Don't know enough about B&W not the expert you are on Reese .Get the point.
psford
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
Double post
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Dec 07, 2014
powderman426 wrote:
john&bet wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
It's called slop! Had the same problem when I had a RBW hitch. Tell him to sell the REESE and buy a B&W. Silence is golden.
After 10 years of use my cheap Reese DOES not make noise stopping or accelerating from a stop. Not all have the same bad luck as others seam to have with a Reese product. JMHO.

Same here only I only have five going on six years. I would say his problem may be not enough pin weight or the brake controller improperly set.

I would say these gentlemen had a civil response and expressed their experience with what they had. What a concept!
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Dec 07, 2014
overthehillbill wrote:
I had the same annoyance. I got rid of the Reese and bought a B&W Patriot. The jaws hug the pin like bark on a tree and a lot less money.

Is this "bashing" ? Don't see it being any different than what I said.

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