Learjet wrote:Winged One wrote:sdetweil wrote:Winged One wrote:Learjet wrote:
The leg pegs are bigger and there is no play like my Curt legs have...which is a good thing :)
I wonder how much this ^ is a part of your (our) problem with chucking.
After talking about noise from our 5th wheel hitches, I did some snooping around my hitch. The head seems tight, the jaws tight on the kingpin, but the entire hitch can be moved a bit because the leg pegs are "loose" in the rails.
If there was a way to get the pins to not slop around, I wonder if some or all of my remaining chucking would disappear?
I am very interested in your findings.
they make a rubber pad that goes under the hitch foot at the rail to take up the slack.. works great for me.
Can you give me any reference to these? Not having much luck with google.
Here are the pads I tried with my old hitch, the problem with that hitch was the contact area is so small on the base rails (1/2 x 1/2 inch) that it would tear though these pads quickly. I have an extra set and they look perfect for the Patriot with the wide flat contact area on top of the bed rails. I will report back.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IY9FQO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00
