Good and Bad about Blue Ox Sway Pro
I just purchased a 2013 Cougar 32RBK travel trailer and I am towing it with a 2006 Ford F350 Crew Cab With the 6.0 Powerstroke. I am looking at getting the Blue Ox Sway Pro and would like to here the ...
Forum Discussion
Well I decided against the Blue Ox Sway Pro since I finally understood how they felt the sway would be controlled. Other systems have the same and don't offer much sway resistance.
So I was researching the Equalizer brand. It seems a good alternative to the Reese Dual Cam HP system since they corrected the sliding arm bracket. I then found in the instructions that you couldn't use a traditional ball nut wrench. You had to use a 1 7/8" socket since the nut went into an enclosed area. The sockets are about $25 but they are 3/4" drive which is very very expensive. Since this size drive is in the hundreds, I thought about just using a 3/4" drive breaker bar. Luckily Sears had one where the head slides up and down on a round bar. It was $33. So just to put the ball on would cost $58 and that's with no torque spec!!!
Before I even planned to buy another hitch system, Blue Ox or Equalizer, I wanted to take apart my Reese Dual Cam system. I previously broke the head socket by the bar pushing against the cam lobe from an incorrect install. Then I found another problem after dealer sent tech to my home, to replace broke parts and reinstall. I found one of the cams was angled up, not allowing the bar indent to seat flat on the cam and get wedged into the gap between the cam and the cam pull up bracket. So I took it all apart to inspect. I thought I found a bent cam frame bracket.
Well took it all apart and neither of the cam frame brackets are welded perfectly square but I thought the one tab that bolted to the frame had bent.
I swapped the cams and now everything fit perfect.:h
Well I then put the cams back into their original frame brackets and now everything is square and perfectly aligned.:h
Thought maybe it was aligned because the force wasn't on the cam to push it out of alignment. Well, hooked it all up and pulled it about 50'. ALL IS GOOD!:B
The service tech somehow bolted it out of alignment but it's all good now. Very Strange but I'll take it.
I readjusted the cam on the bar indents and all is perfect now.
I may need to adjust the links, not sure. Even though my new 2012 F150 is supposedly the same truck as my 2010, the ride is a bit stiffer. Better suspension?? Or is it the lower profile 18" tires next to the 2010's 17" tire's tall side wall profile?? I'll see and if it needs, I'll adjust it on the go. Actually this parts pretty easy.
So I'm sticking with my Reese since it's working. Keeping my fingers crossed.
So I was researching the Equalizer brand. It seems a good alternative to the Reese Dual Cam HP system since they corrected the sliding arm bracket. I then found in the instructions that you couldn't use a traditional ball nut wrench. You had to use a 1 7/8" socket since the nut went into an enclosed area. The sockets are about $25 but they are 3/4" drive which is very very expensive. Since this size drive is in the hundreds, I thought about just using a 3/4" drive breaker bar. Luckily Sears had one where the head slides up and down on a round bar. It was $33. So just to put the ball on would cost $58 and that's with no torque spec!!!
Before I even planned to buy another hitch system, Blue Ox or Equalizer, I wanted to take apart my Reese Dual Cam system. I previously broke the head socket by the bar pushing against the cam lobe from an incorrect install. Then I found another problem after dealer sent tech to my home, to replace broke parts and reinstall. I found one of the cams was angled up, not allowing the bar indent to seat flat on the cam and get wedged into the gap between the cam and the cam pull up bracket. So I took it all apart to inspect. I thought I found a bent cam frame bracket.
Well took it all apart and neither of the cam frame brackets are welded perfectly square but I thought the one tab that bolted to the frame had bent.
I swapped the cams and now everything fit perfect.:h
Well I then put the cams back into their original frame brackets and now everything is square and perfectly aligned.:h
Thought maybe it was aligned because the force wasn't on the cam to push it out of alignment. Well, hooked it all up and pulled it about 50'. ALL IS GOOD!:B
The service tech somehow bolted it out of alignment but it's all good now. Very Strange but I'll take it.
I readjusted the cam on the bar indents and all is perfect now.
I may need to adjust the links, not sure. Even though my new 2012 F150 is supposedly the same truck as my 2010, the ride is a bit stiffer. Better suspension?? Or is it the lower profile 18" tires next to the 2010's 17" tire's tall side wall profile?? I'll see and if it needs, I'll adjust it on the go. Actually this parts pretty easy.
So I'm sticking with my Reese since it's working. Keeping my fingers crossed.
