Hitch Rattles
 

Is there any kind of sleeve or something that you can put in your hitch to keep it from rattling?

Pulling my 24 Skater with my rangerover and its deafening inside because of the slack between the receiver and the hitch.

I haven't found anything on google that would work for a 2"..

Any ideas?/

Sell the boat and the problem will disappear..... :)

Seriously, I don't know what to tell you, you could try shimming it with something to keep it from moving around.

That was the same thought I had.. But I can't think of anything that wouldn't eventually compress and come out!

and the hitchrider vice thingy that they market wont fit a RR because of clearance..

But this looks like it may work!
http://www.etrailer.com/Hitch-Access...er/RM-061.html

Take and drive a wood shim in either side. Easy cheap fix.

John jr

bring it to western ny for a winter that hitch will rust in so bad it will never move again!! rattle noise solved lol

Run a small bead of weld along hitch, then file/grind to fit.

Great answers! Earplugs are cheap and easy fix.

lol yup.

But I havent had a vehicle that didnt have some play, but never thought about it to much, then again I dont know how bad yours is. I also noticed that my 23 boat and now 29ft boat there is a lot less. Smaller loads that weigh less will be a lot more squirrelly then a heavier one. Specially if you have one axle.

I would pount wood shims in, I dont know about making it permament as if something broke or needed to be changed

I never noticed it in any of my trucks, even though there was quite a bit of play.. But being that the hitch is just under the rear glass of the RR, you can hear every tiny rattle. Welding it wont work because my other trailer is a 1 7/8" for the rack thing that I use. So I'd need to be able to swap hitches without using a grinder!

I'm gonna try a square u-bolt and see if that cures it.. similar to what I posted awhile ago.. Im sure the hardware store will have something that would work.

simple solution....

Turn the stereo up LOL

I think he meant run a bead around the hitch and grind to fit inside, not actually welding it together.

Also, add touch weight, that helps it moving around while towing.

Correct. Just a couple small beads, then grind down to make the hitch fit in the receiver fit with less slop. Won't take very much.


Assuming the hitch pin or holes are not worn.

more tongue weight?

try another hitch pin sometimes find one thats tight. or maybe some sort of rubber sleve or sock can be found. I tend beleive you have light tongue weight and load which is creating all of this.

Yes, it an inherently light tongue load as it is. A 24 Skater weighs almost nothing and with the 300's hangin off the back and no fuel in it, its kind of a bouncy load.

I see what you're saying about running a weld inside the hitch to take up space. I think that is what I'll try, that way I don't have to disassemble anything when I'm switching between hitches. Great idea!

This is what I did on my last truck, drill two holes and tap with approprate threads, rattle gone! This would be much easier than welding and grinding as you need a bit of clearance for the different tolerances of the drawbars.

Most of those only cure a left/right rattle.. Mine is up/down. And the products they make for that won't fit due to the bumper clearance on a range rover. For some stupid reason, the receiver is tucked WAY underneath the vehicle.

run a couple beads parrallel with th hitch on the hitch grind to fit then grease the hitch up rattle be gone

I had the same problem and almost did the weld a bead and file down job. Thankfully, I found a better and much easier answer...

Pull the hitch out of the receiver. Run two wraps of electrical tape around the hitch (one wrap on both sides of the pin as far to the ends of the reciever as possible). It will take about 10 minutes to do it even with checking the fitment and it can be undone easily. It works like a charm!

mine rattles

I put one of these on....rattles GONE!

I've been using this one for about 5 years. No rattles or clanking, even with surge brakes.

I had the same thing as what Griff and pullmytrigger , used except the hitch on my truck is a 2 1/2" class V When I use my camper trailer the weight distribution hitch is 2" so I have to use a adapter sleeve. With the sleeve the play is horrendous and the trailer bounces all over the place because the weight distribution bars are putting leverage on the hitch to pull it up. I had one of those anti rattle hitch tighteners but when I would tighten up the U bolt, it would bend and eventually broke. I had two of the big bars and ended up using two 5/8 bolts to tie the big bars together.

Ayuh,..... If I can hear the hitch rattle,.......

I turn the radio up louder,...... :cool: