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noisy


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got a reese style tow bar on my car and the goose neck rattles in the tow bar ..its not only annoying but very distracting...i  thought somewhere in my grey matter there was a rubber sleeve.. wedge shape that went around the goose neck and wedged it it tight..then put your locking pin in...anybody else have this problem and know where i can get the rubber sleeve....bob



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confuse My Haymen Reece tow bar has a bolt that is in the underside of the receiver that can be tightened to stop rattle but the head piece of my Haymen Reece bars rattles when no load on it I would also like to know what others have done to stop this as it is also very annoying.winkwink



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aussietraveller wrote:

confuse My Haymen Reece tow bar has a bolt that is in the underside of the receiver that can be tightened to stop rattle

 My Mitsubishi supplied and fitted towbar has a similar arrangement. Shouldn't be very difficult to set up an similar arrangement.



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Mine fits it quite snug and I'm not aware of any rattle. Maybe mine is newer than yours.
No matter how old I think the tongue should be snug.

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If it annoys you then take it off when not towing. When you are towing then the WDH should stop the towing.

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Hi

  I put a u bolt from the underside of the towbar  and a 5mm piece of angle drilled to suit u bolt to the top of tounge on an angle and tightened no rattle very securePIC_0012.JPG



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I was under the impression the Tongue had to be removed when not towing with this type of hitch/towball.

Maybe someone with legal knowledge would advise of the legalities.



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The Gooseneck, WDH etc must be removed if it protudes in a dangerous manner when a trailer is not attached.

But who detirmines what a dangerous manner is?
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i have looked into this and the law states that nothing should protrude more than 8 inches from the rear of the veichle...but of course this law was made long before we started to drag our home and other things behind our car...the unit does not have do be removed from the veichle as long as it does not obscure the number plate....bob



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Peter D
I leave the complete tow coupling on the vehicle whilst travelling even when the van is unhitched but once home it comes off. I have a locking pin that requires a key to remove it so its much safer on the vehicle than being like my mates one that was taken off whilst on holiday and then stolen by some moron, and as I have a spare wheel on the back door I am not breaking the law as you would have to be almost walking into the spare wheel to hit the tow bar.

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We always take off our hitch when not towing, even if only for a night or two. Trying to park behind a car even with an old fashioned small towball is bad enough in the average supermarket car park, IMHO leaving on a full Hayman Reese hitch setup is incredibly selfish and inconsiderate of others, no matter what the legality. The same applies to towing mirrors, it is almost impossible for another car to park next to someone with their towing mirrors on and then open the door far enough to actually get out.

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Nicholstones wrote:

We always take off our hitch when not towing, even if only for a night or two. Trying to park behind a car even with an old fashioned small towball is bad enough in the average supermarket car park, IMHO leaving on a full Hayman Reese hitch setup is incredibly selfish and inconsiderate of others, no matter what the legality. The same applies to towing mirrors, it is almost impossible for another car to park next to someone with their towing mirrors on and then open the door far enough to actually get out.

 Having banged and injured my shin on a towball left on a parked car at night I have to agree!



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You can get a few different designed "wedge" type setups to stop the rattle. I saw one at a caravan and camping show a while back that was similar to this one Secure-A-Hitch

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The bolt pulls the wedge up tight to the pin which stops the rattle. I thought about making one myself, but then decided it probably wasn't worth the effort because I don't hear the rattle when driving anyway.



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03_troopy wrote:

You can get a few different designed "wedge" type setups to stop the rattle. I saw one at a caravan and camping show a while back that was similar to this one Secure-A-Hitch

secure-a-hitch.jpg

The bolt pulls the wedge up tight to the pin which stops the rattle. I thought about making one myself, but then decided it probably wasn't worth the effort because I don't hear the rattle when driving anyway.

 Thats only a light weight hitch, the H/D is a 50mm solid, so could not be used.

JC.



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I like Hagar's solution. It's simple, inexpensive and doesn't involve any modifications. Should be quick to install and remove.

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Mine has movment but never hear it rattle.

JC.



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first i would like to thank everybody for their replys..i have taken the advice of aussietraveller and jimricho...big thanks guys..and i have made arrangemants to have a bolt put into my towbar to take out the rattle...this is being done as i write this at my local towbar shop so again thank you all much appreciated ...bob



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