Bars won't easily release
It is a Reese WDH with the dual cam sway To unhook, I raise the tongue up until I can safely release the snap up bracket. When I drop the bar down, it does not separate from the cam arm. It seems...
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Bob Landry wrote:
I'm with Barney. I don't think the hitch is set up correctly. It sounds like the OP is trying to use the WD to level the TV. Reese specifies minimum 5 links under tension. The OP stated he started with 4 links and went to 3, and that "seemed to help. That tells me the hitch adjustment has been tweaked to the point that he doesn't really know what is happening with the WD. I would start over from scratch with the installation instructions and go from there.
At any rate, with the tongue weight off of the hitch, the bars should not be that difficult to cam down.
I think I need to clarify a bit.
There are 11 links on the chain. I have set it on the fourth link so I have 7 under tension and 3 hanging loose.
When I put it on the 4th link, the front of the truck went down and is now where I measured before I hitched up. Front and rear of the truck are now level. Back of the truck has settled about 1 1/4 inches.
My main question was that when I raise the truck up to unhitch, I go as far as I can with the electric jack which is also on some wooden blocks.
I get the tension off of the chains but the arm and cam do not separate. I have to tap the cam a couple of times to release the two.
In my previous setups, If I raised the hitch, took the tension off of the chains, the two would separate on their own. To me a much safer way of doing things.
That is why I contacted Reese and the hitch installer and they said it was okay but I wanted to see if anyone else was doing this the same way.
I am heading to Camping World for some trailer work and I will have them check it out for me. Perhaps this was not setup correctly.
Thanks all for the comments.
I'll be heading out for a 10 to 12 week trip and I want to get this thing right before I leave.
