Sway/Reece dual cam issue with a F250

BarneyS wrote:
If it were my trailer, I would put the head tilt back where it was, adjust the chain links to give the amount of WD necessary, and CHECK CAREFULLY that the V of the WD bars is centered EXACTLY on the cam lobe.

The angle of the cam arms does not matter as they do not move and are fixed at the front where they attach to the A frame. The cam itself is round so the bars can slide on it no matter what the angle of the arms is. All the cam/chains do is hold up the WD bars. Actually, the angle you had first is good as it gives lots of clearance between the cam arms and the WD bars. Many have problems in this area which leads to bent/broken arms or hitch heads.
In the second picture, the pressure on the WD bars will increase greatly as you turn. The inside bar slides on the cam and could put too much strain on the snap up brackets.

Also, with the Dual Cam, it is not critical that the chains be exactly vertical. That is a requirement on the normal hitches because the chains swing back and forth when turning but not so with the Dual Cam. The chains do not move at all. All they do is hold up the cam.

From looking at your pictures, I suspect that you do not have the cams exactly centered on the V of the bars. If they are not, then they will constantly fight with each other to keep the trailer centered and you will have lots of sway like motions.

Take a look at the hitch setup thread stuck at the top of this forum for information on the Dual Cam setup and what I was just talking about. It has lots of good pictures by JBarca to help explain.
Barney

I have read and reread that post. Agreed there is a lot of good info. My initial set up it was extremely difficult to get the bars off the cam lobes even with the tongue jacked all the way up. I would have to use a small sledge on the bars to get the off. Currently it is much easier, I raise the tongue with the jack a bit then I can release the snap up brackets by hand and the bars come right off.