Hensley or....

Opened up a can of worms HUH?

camp-n-family wrote:

I would suggest latching the stinger in the hitch head on its own (not hooked to the tow vehicle) and try moving it side to side. It should pivot freely or give you a feel if it's binding somewhere.

Funny you mention that. Ive been working on my battery box on the tongue and in fact have the stinger mounted in the hitch head. I was moving it back and forth but its hard to discern if any bindage is due to something actually binding in the head linkage or from the WD bars rubbing on the struts that are used to hold the head level when not connected. Ill fiddle around with it a bit more.

camp-n-family wrote:

Do you have any pictures of it hooked up from side on? How many links of the chain are hanging on each torsion bar?

I dont have any pictures from the side. Since I am working on my batteries I have no 12v power so its going to be sitting for at least this weekend.

I brought it home with 2 links hanging, so it was on the third. However, now that I have remounted the snap up brackets to bring the chains more plumb, I'm going to go to the 4th link. It was way to bouncy on the way home.

camp-n-family wrote:

Also wondering about your safety chains. How much slack is in them? Can't really see where they go in the pic but it looks odd that they are in line with the stinger while turned as opposed to straight to the trailer.

Plenty of slack, in fact I could twist them a couple times. They hang pretty low.

Thing is about that picture, my TV and TT are in line with one another. I am not turned.

copsey wrote:


How you tension the w/d bars makes no difference. Are the strut bars adjusted so the hitch head sits square when you are not hooked up?

Two posts up.

Yes.

Not sure why everyone is stuck on the strut bars? They look fine in the picture and the head is square to the tongue. No problem there.

I would suggest latching the stinger in the hitch head on its own (not hooked to the tow vehicle) and try moving it side to side. It should pivot freely or give you a feel if it's binding somewhere.

Do you have any pictures of it hooked up from side on? How many links of the chain are hanging on each torsion bar?

Also wondering about your safety chains. How much slack is in them? Can't really see where they go in the pic but it looks odd that they are in line with the stinger while turned as opposed to straight to the trailer.

eipo wrote:

RinconVTR wrote:

copsey wrote:

eipo wrote:

copsey wrote:

I would get a tape measure out and make sure the distance from the center of the ball to the front of the frame brackets are even. They should be 25-1/2" if I remember correctly. That would be the only thing that could cause the issue you are having unless the strut bars are not close to being adjusted the same.

Yes, 25.5 inches. When the dealership installed the snap up brackets they didn't move the propane tank and just put the brackets as far forward as they could. This left the chains at around 20 degrees from being plumb. I called Hensley and asked about the angle on the chains and they said thats to much angle. They also said I could cheat the brackets forward to around 25" if I needed to so that's what I did. I removed the propane tray and moved the brackets forward and then remounted the propane tray.

But even before that the head was square to the tongue.

Are the strut bars adjusted to center the head before hook up?

Absolutely. Centered. Snug. Zero play.

The only thing you adjust when hooking up are the jacks to align the head to the hitch bar.

I don't have the jacks, I have the snap up brackets.

How you tension the w/d bars makes no difference. Are the strut bars adjusted so the hitch head sits square when you are not hooked up?

RinconVTR wrote:

copsey wrote:

eipo wrote:

copsey wrote:

I would get a tape measure out and make sure the distance from the center of the ball to the front of the frame brackets are even. They should be 25-1/2" if I remember correctly. That would be the only thing that could cause the issue you are having unless the strut bars are not close to being adjusted the same.

Yes, 25.5 inches. When the dealership installed the snap up brackets they didn't move the propane tank and just put the brackets as far forward as they could. This left the chains at around 20 degrees from being plumb. I called Hensley and asked about the angle on the chains and they said thats to much angle. They also said I could cheat the brackets forward to around 25" if I needed to so that's what I did. I removed the propane tray and moved the brackets forward and then remounted the propane tray.

But even before that the head was square to the tongue.

Are the strut bars adjusted to center the head before hook up?

Absolutely. Centered. Snug. Zero play.

The only thing you adjust when hooking up are the jacks to align the head to the hitch bar.

I don't have the jacks, I have the snap up brackets.

copsey wrote:

eipo wrote:

copsey wrote:

I would get a tape measure out and make sure the distance from the center of the ball to the front of the frame brackets are even. They should be 25-1/2" if I remember correctly. That would be the only thing that could cause the issue you are having unless the strut bars are not close to being adjusted the same.

Yes, 25.5 inches. When the dealership installed the snap up brackets they didn't move the propane tank and just put the brackets as far forward as they could. This left the chains at around 20 degrees from being plumb. I called Hensley and asked about the angle on the chains and they said thats to much angle. They also said I could cheat the brackets forward to around 25" if I needed to so that's what I did. I removed the propane tray and moved the brackets forward and then remounted the propane tray.

But even before that the head was square to the tongue.

Are the strut bars adjusted to center the head before hook up?

Yes. Measured back to the corner of the frame on each side. Struts are snug, no free movement.

RinconVTR wrote:

copsey wrote:

eipo wrote:

copsey wrote:

I would get a tape measure out and make sure the distance from the center of the ball to the front of the frame brackets are even. They should be 25-1/2" if I remember correctly. That would be the only thing that could cause the issue you are having unless the strut bars are not close to being adjusted the same.

Yes, 25.5 inches. When the dealership installed the snap up brackets they didn't move the propane tank and just put the brackets as far forward as they could. This left the chains at around 20 degrees from being plumb. I called Hensley and asked about the angle on the chains and they said thats to much angle. They also said I could cheat the brackets forward to around 25" if I needed to so that's what I did. I removed the propane tray and moved the brackets forward and then remounted the propane tray.

But even before that the head was square to the tongue.

Are the strut bars adjusted to center the head before hook up?

Absolutely. Centered. Snug. Zero play.

The only thing you adjust when hooking up are the jacks to align the head to the hitch bar.

Hard to tell by looking at the pictures but it would be my guess that this is where the problem lies.

copsey wrote:

eipo wrote:

copsey wrote:

I would get a tape measure out and make sure the distance from the center of the ball to the front of the frame brackets are even. They should be 25-1/2" if I remember correctly. That would be the only thing that could cause the issue you are having unless the strut bars are not close to being adjusted the same.

Yes, 25.5 inches. When the dealership installed the snap up brackets they didn't move the propane tank and just put the brackets as far forward as they could. This left the chains at around 20 degrees from being plumb. I called Hensley and asked about the angle on the chains and they said thats to much angle. They also said I could cheat the brackets forward to around 25" if I needed to so that's what I did. I removed the propane tray and moved the brackets forward and then remounted the propane tray.

But even before that the head was square to the tongue.

Are the strut bars adjusted to center the head before hook up?

Absolutely. Centered. Snug. Zero play.

The only thing you adjust when hooking up are the jacks to align the head to the hitch bar.

eipo wrote:

copsey wrote:

I would get a tape measure out and make sure the distance from the center of the ball to the front of the frame brackets are even. They should be 25-1/2" if I remember correctly. That would be the only thing that could cause the issue you are having unless the strut bars are not close to being adjusted the same.

Yes, 25.5 inches. When the dealership installed the snap up brackets they didn't move the propane tank and just put the brackets as far forward as they could. This left the chains at around 20 degrees from being plumb. I called Hensley and asked about the angle on the chains and they said thats to much angle. They also said I could cheat the brackets forward to around 25" if I needed to so that's what I did. I removed the propane tray and moved the brackets forward and then remounted the propane tray.

But even before that the head was square to the tongue.

Are the strut bars adjusted to center the head before hook up?