Rattle/play in hitch attach
I have a drop down reciever that slides into the motorhome reciever and then the tow bar slides into the drop down, hence I have two pin points. The holes are NOT eaten out, but I do have a enough ...
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stripit wrote:
I drilled a 5/8 hole about 1 inch from the open end of the receiver and ran a tap through it and then screwed a bolt into the hole. This puts pressure on the inserting receiver and removed any wiggle or noise. This was for my bike rack. When I needed to tow something heavier on another hitch, I welded a nut to the threaded hole so I had a bigger bite for the bolt and that was easy to do. A couple of tack welds and it was done. I carried a small crescent wrench to tighten or loosen the bold. No noise or wiggle when the bolt was tight.
This is exactly what I did, only with a 3/8" bolt. Worked perfect.
