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myredracer
Explorer II
Sep 10, 2015

Reese WDH shank vertical adjustment

I need to tweak our Reese DC WDH by tilting the head angle down a notch or two and adjusting no. of chain links engaged. While in there, I want to lower the coupler an inch by changing hole locations in the shank and see if that makes an improvment.

We currently have the shank L-shape pointing up but if I flip it upside down, it looks like it will lower the coupler/ball by two inches. The head is bolted on the shank in the lowest position now. Is there another Reese shank that I need to use to accomplish this? The one we have now is the 15K lb #54970 as in the photo.

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  • myredracer's avatar
    myredracer
    Explorer II
    Sep 10, 2015
    ChooChooMan74 wrote:
    If the next hole down is too far, you can always get a 1" riser ball.


    That's the solution that I'm looking for - least cost and easy to find part. Thanks! I forgot all about those.

    I want to drop the nose of the trailer a little to see if it helps handling or maybe braking. It's at or slightly above level at the front depending on how the truck and trailer are loaded up. I haven't got quite enough weight transferred back onto the steer axle and when I do the adjustment, I expect the ball will go up a little too.
  • WyoTraveler's avatar
    WyoTraveler
    Explorer
    Sep 10, 2015
    The complete diections come with the Reese WDH how to adust tilt. If you didn't get them I would call Reese. When your TT is level front to rear measure distance of inside of hitch to ground. The top of the ball should also be at that heigth on your tow vehicle.

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