Hi,Hoping someone can help. I have had this trailer a month or so with no prior issues. But went to hook up tonight and I can't get the hitch to latch. It sets down on the ball fine. The latch actually goes down to. But the latch is too far forward to latch into the grooves to lock into place. The pin therefore won't line up either. It looks as if the latch is just too short. But it has worked fine in the past. What am I missing?I will attempt to attach pics.Any help is much appreciated!

BGummer wrote:Hi,Hoping someone can help. I have had this trailer a month or so with no prior issues. But went to hook up tonight and I can't get the hitch to latch. It sets down on the ball fine. The latch actually goes down to. But the latch is too far forward to latch into the grooves to lock into place. The pin therefore won't line up either. It looks as if the latch is just too short. But it has worked fine in the past. What am I missing?I will attempt to attach pics.Any help is much appreciated!Can't figure out how to get pic uploaded from phone.It looks like everything underneath is in place and ball is tight. Must he something stuck......tried soaking in wd40.

I cannot really picture what you are talking about. But try this. When the hitch is sitting on the ball, get in your vehicle and cycle it through drive, reverse and back to park. Maybe it is in a bind.

mich800 wrote:I cannot really picture what you are talking about. But try this. When the hitch is sitting on the ball, get in your vehicle and cycle it through drive, reverse and back to park. Maybe it is in a bind.I can't really picture what the problem is either. I sometimes have to move my truck an inch or so forward or backward to get mine to latch or unlatch. Sometimes just releasing the parking park will allow it to move enough to release/latch.

Is the hitch all the way down on the ball? Meaning, is your tongue jack retracted all the way? When in a rush I've tried to lock the hitch without having the tongue jack all the way up, basically while I'm still retracting the jack. If the jack is touching the ground (or wood spacer under it, however you do it), it may be holding up the tongue more than you think.

If there is an adjuster on underside of coupler, you may need to loosen it a small amount, to better fit the ball.Jerry

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Tvov
Explorer II
Oct 27, 2016
Is the hitch all the way down on the ball? Meaning, is your tongue jack retracted all the way? When in a rush I've tried to lock the hitch without having the tongue jack all the way up, basically while I'm still retracting the jack. If the jack is touching the ground (or wood spacer under it, however you do it), it may be holding up the tongue more than you think.
skiles
Explorer
Oct 27, 2016
mich800 wrote:
I cannot really picture what you are talking about. But try this. When the hitch is sitting on the ball, get in your vehicle and cycle it through drive, reverse and back to park. Maybe it is in a bind.

I can't really picture what the problem is either. I sometimes have to move my truck an inch or so forward or backward to get mine to latch or unlatch. Sometimes just releasing the parking park will allow it to move enough to release/latch.
mich800
Explorer
Oct 27, 2016
I cannot really picture what you are talking about. But try this. When the hitch is sitting on the ball, get in your vehicle and cycle it through drive, reverse and back to park. Maybe it is in a bind.
BGummer
Explorer
Oct 27, 2016
BGummer wrote:
Hi,

Hoping someone can help. I have had this trailer a month or so with no prior issues. But went to hook up tonight and I can't get the hitch to latch. It sets down on the ball fine. The latch actually goes down to. But the latch is too far forward to latch into the grooves to lock into place. The pin therefore won't line up either. It looks as if the latch is just too short. But it has worked fine in the past. What am I missing?

I will attempt to attach pics.

Any help is much appreciated!

Can't figure out how to get pic uploaded from phone.

It looks like everything underneath is in place and ball is tight. Must he something stuck......tried soaking in wd40.

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