Equalizer Hitch Question
Installed new equalizer hitch with sway control yesterday. Coming home when making street turns would hear popping noise. This is first bumper pull trailer so am not familiar with noises to expect ,...
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RinconVTR wrote:
Ron - you are clearly out of your element here.
I don't have my hitch on hand this very minute, but this is the E2 knuckle picture from the manual, and the top and bottom protruding "shafts" have radius ends. BALL ENDS.
What got me worked up was people claiming there is more friction at the lubricated head (be it knuckle of the E2 or square socket end of the Equalizer) has drastically more friction to reduce sway than the the un-lubricated L brackets. Its as simple and ridiculous as that.
:) Hi, so let me get this straight. You are saying or insinuating that the spring bar sockets can't work because they are lubricated. Then going by that, automatic transmissions wouldn't be able to move your car or truck because the all of the clutches are soaked in oil. Therefore they will just slip. Anyway, whatever you believe, my Equa-i-zer hitch has been doing a great job for over ten years and many tens of thousands of miles. Grease or no grease the angle of the head with the pressure on the spring bars, and the clamping force of the socket bolts, there is a lot of resistance/friction there.
