Printable View
The anti rattle pins are great. My VW Toaureg came with it, and now use it on both cars.
Just locate the big square nut and spring inside the hitch, insert hitch into the towbar, slide the lockable pin in, tighten, and no more rattles or bangs.
With the Mitch hitch though, it's much more quiet that the factory hitch.
Brett....
Here is an anti rattle wedge that must slide in under the pin
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/02/870.jpg
The alternative is to replace the pin with a nut and bolt that you do up and must clamp the whole thing together to stop movement.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/02/871.jpg
More details and available at Secure-A-Hitch | RV Towing Solutions
The wedge looks the goods. The bolt and nut is no good for the D3/4 because of the cast housing.
Road Force Balancing is a process that measures the rim and tyre together using a roller that is forced onto the tyres rolling surface using up to 6.3kN of force. when this is done, the feedback to the roller is measured, as well as a sensor measuring the bead of the rim. This detects any runout in the rim and tyre, as well as stiff points in the tyre due to the beading. When the stiff points of the tyre and low points of the rim are matched up then the overall balance should be much better, requiring less weights to be used, and a smoother ride as the rotational forces are equalised.
Thanks MSTECH for explaining that.
Sadly it has not fixed the problem with my D4 it's still vibrating and seems to be worse now than before. Tonight I got a reaction from my horse that I haven't had yet (she was grumpy) but we got the vibrations on the way to and from my lesson to which she kicked the tailgate. As if to say, enough already!
Will be back on the phone tomorrow to LR. Apparently my car looked the same as a new on on the hoist but it sure doesn't tow like one! Unless they give me a car I can tow my float with I think this is going to be a long process of elimination.....at least I have done enough testing to know its not my float!
Thanks for all the tow hitch options they are great and I had seen some of them already. The wedge pin looks like a good option and during my travels tomorrow will try and get one.
Appreciate all your help once again guys.
Cheers
Ruby2
This might have been asked before, what pressures are you running in your tow vehicle's tyres?
Another thing that people often overlook is getting wheels balanced on trailers, floats, boat trailers etc. I always get my trailer wheels balanced and this reduces so much vibration on the wheel bearings of the trailer!
I know it's not the issue but something to consider.
Cheeers, Mick.
Quote:
Originally Posted by mick88
Thanks Mick. Done that twice now and also checked bearings and axles as well as axle geometry. Float tyres were better balanced than the car to start off with!