Noisy hitch

I used shims under the hitch to stop the noise with my old hitch. They did the job, but were one more thing I had to do when I installed the hitch.

You can adjust the rails too. If they aren't spaced quite right you can have some play between your hitch and the rails. Sometimes it's just the hitch, too. I have a Curt slider that is just a clanky beast. My Andersen by contrast is totally smooth and quiet.

I have older used Reese rails and am using a new B&W Patriot. When I set the Patriot in the rails and pin it I can lift it up slightly. That cause some clanking. I made some rubber pads from an old bike inner tube. Cured the problem.

anybody using those pads jeremi posted about? Wondering how long it would take the legs to grind thru them. :h

If you have loose pins and you "know" the noise comes from them---I can't help. But any "clunking" starting or stopping I ever heard came from the hitch pin sliding in the hitch.

You need to find the correct size pins before it rips through.
My pullrite super fifth is quiet as a church mouse.

Make some small rubber pieces to fit between the rails and the fifth wheel feet.

Something like This.

Spending $600.00 to fix a $5.00 Inconvenience:S

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Stop accelerating and braking so hard?

If my Reese quit making those sounds,i would panic. :E

My old Curt Q16 had small feet and small pins, made lots of noise from the legs and the sloppy in the hitch head. B&W 18k Patriot fixed all of the issues.