Pro Pride 1400 hitch - need help

Mortimer Brewster wrote:
To me it looks like your Yoke has dropped. I can''t tell from Photo 1, but look at the area beneath the bolt I marked with the red arrow for signs of slippage.

Here's a page from my setup manual for the ProPride. Double check that it's the same in your manual. I doubt if it's changed.



Steps 10 and 11 show how to adjust the Yoke.
It would be a good idea to check all the bolts to see if they have been torqued properly and haven't loosened up.

I just finished installing my new one, and agree with the above, the yoke has slipped and changed the angle of the head.
Make sure there is no tension on the WD bars.
Loosen the bolts shown. With some effort, you should be able to change the head angle by pushing down on the sides of the yoke.
On level ground, backing in perfectly straight and square, hitch up, doing whatever you need to to get the stinger fully seated and latched. Do not tighten up the WD bars. Make sure there is no weight (or pull up) on the hitch - look for movement on the ball coupler as you raise/lower the trailer jack.
Torque all the bolts down tight..150 ft/lbs at least.

Unhitch, and then see how it works backing in again.
As a final test, crank up the WD bars to your normal height and go for a drive.
Unhitch like normal, and verify that nothing has changed.

While the yoke needs some adjustability to accommodate different installs, it also is subject to lots of torque from the WD bars, trailer load, and bumps. So if the bolts weren't quite tight enough to begin with, they allowed the yoke to slip at one point, giving you the excessive down angle.