Thread: Finally....

My Hayman Reece has the rattle stop bolt under the pin.... I don't know what genius designed that.

You can either shim it, use an anti rattle clamp or drill a hole and weld on a nut at for a rattle stop bolt in a location away from the pin/pivot point.

Yep drilled and tapped the Silver one,, (which had the tongue bend upside down to lower the ball height, and it still wasnt enough, ya gotta remember the old Golf runs on 14's )
and I may have to change ball heights yet..
so no use fixing this one if its wrong...

the van hitch sits around 42cm off the ground,,

Nitrogen!

Hey Pedro,

How did the van go towing?

Simply, the car rocks as a tug,,,, I'm sure it would be even better ( if possible) using the paddles. No up and down rocking, I can still feel the tail of the van squirm going past semi"s but now no correction is felt to be needed. Still not at all sure if there are any tricks to full load uphill take-offs... My only real concern is the lack of engine braking...

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Simply, the car rocks as a tug,,,, I'm sure it would be even better ( if possible) using the paddles. No up and down rocking, I can still feel the tail of the van squirm going past semi"s but now no correction is felt to be needed. Still not at all sure if there are any tricks to full load uphill take-offs... My only real concern is the lack of engine braking...

LR recommend that if you are towing heavy loads at speeds below 30kph for an extended period to use low range.

You can use low range at any time to get under way especially if moving off up hill. You can then change over to high range at any speed UNDER 60kph.

NOTE that you have to be stationary to switch from high to low range.

I'm not sure my little van would ever worry it sufficiently..

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I'm not sure my little van would ever worry it sufficiently..

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood your query:

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Still not at all sure if there are any tricks to full load uphill take-offs...

How heavy is your "little van"? Looks about 2.5T. Using low range when manoeuvring the van will help take care of the ZF transmission....the engine is not going to be bothered by it either way but the transmission will appreciate it.

By the by, I was talking to a bloke sometime ago that had bought his RRS to tow his 3.5T boat. He was perplexed as to why he was getting transmission faults when trying to reverse it up a hill. I asked him if he was using low range, "what's that?" he asked. Poor bloke was a new comer from one of the other European marks where low range was not a thing. Happy chappy after a little lesson on some of the features his car had.