I am a new TT owner so maybe I haven't noticed before but today this caught my eye. After un- hitching my TT from my truck at storage I went to remove the hitch ball mount from the receiver on my truck and when I pulled it out I noticed it's slightly loose between where the actual hitch ball mounts to the part that slides in the receiver and can be adjusted up or down to accommodate height. I tried to load a picture but can't get it to work.

What kind of wdh do you have? My reese dual cam has some play also. How much play has to do with far the rearward tilt is on mine.

Are you saying the ball can move relative to the ball mount?If so, you need to take the hitch to a place that has a really big torque wrench so they can properly tighten the nut on the ball shaft.Ron

I think he is saying the platform has wiggle not the ball.

I think he means the two bolts that goes thru the ball mount and the shank are not pinching the connection tight. These bolts have a torque spec and need to be very tight. If it doesn't tighten up, get the parts replaced. When I got home after a dealer install, I had this problem.

I ended up getting an Equal-i-zer hitch system when the ball mount and the shank would not tighten up any more on my Reese. Don't know why, but it had wiggle, and that was just enough to cause my ball to be out of align. I even took it back to my dealer to look at, and he said the head was bent, and when he pointed it out, he was right. It never would tighten up or align right, so switched to an Equal-i-zer.

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DutchmenSport
Explorer
Jun 16, 2014
I ended up getting an Equal-i-zer hitch system when the ball mount and the shank would not tighten up any more on my Reese. Don't know why, but it had wiggle, and that was just enough to cause my ball to be out of align. I even took it back to my dealer to look at, and he said the head was bent, and when he pointed it out, he was right. It never would tighten up or align right, so switched to an Equal-i-zer.
Lynnmor
Explorer
Jun 16, 2014
I think he means the two bolts that goes thru the ball mount and the shank are not pinching the connection tight. These bolts have a torque spec and need to be very tight. If it doesn't tighten up, get the parts replaced. When I got home after a dealer install, I had this problem.
anaro
Explorer
Jun 16, 2014
I think he is saying the platform has wiggle not the ball.
Ron_Gratz
Explorer
Jun 16, 2014
Are you saying the ball can move relative to the ball mount?

If so, you need to take the hitch to a place that has a really big torque wrench so they can properly tighten the nut on the ball shaft.

Ron
anaro
Explorer
Jun 15, 2014
What kind of wdh do you have? My reese dual cam has some play also. How much play has to do with far the rearward tilt is on mine.

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