I did a search on the above topic here and on LCOOL.
So far the 200 series does not have a the screw on the receiver and they wear out as well. Toyota made available some shims. I saw the U bolt / angle arrangement as well.(2012).
I have used glazing sealent but it wears out too, over a period of time. Wraped duck tape around the shank as well.
Dose anyone know of a compound to help it lock up, like a liquid steel compound / sealent that may help. Apart from tack welding in a few spots.
Regards Jim
Peter_n_Margaret said
01:10 PM Mar 16, 2016
Forget about it.
Cheers,
Peter
Explorer said
02:58 PM Mar 16, 2016
The occasional clunk is a reassuring reminder that the van is still there.
KJB said
03:09 PM Mar 16, 2016
I have, in the past ,built it up with a few runs of weld and then linished it off until it is a "neat" fit.
Probably not recomended........but it worked.
KB
OwenK said
03:13 PM Mar 16, 2016
Hi Jim, I was at the recent caravan show in Melbourne, spoke to the hayman reese bloke about different things encluding the "rattle ". He said he used a piece of an old metal ruler. I haven't tried it as I have the u-bolt thing on a Kaymar spare wheel carrier -tow bar.
Cheers Owen.
PeterD said
04:08 PM Mar 16, 2016
The anti rattle screw should only be used when there is no van in tow so as to stop the unloaded shank from rattling. When you have the van in tow the WDH stops all rattle, in fact it does such a good job of holding the shank in place you can remove the securing pin. Way back there were demonstrations done at the Melbourne caravan show. They would hitch up the van and then remove the pin. Then they would do some acceleration and crash stop manoeuvres followed by some figure 8s. When they finished their manoeuvres they would be able to slide the pin back in. I have also seen vans arrive at their destination without the pin in place, nothing had moved even though the locating pin was missing.
Leather Tech said
04:15 PM Mar 16, 2016
Hi Jim
In the past I have used a high tensile bolt and a nylock nut. As you tighten the nut hit the bolt head and repeat until the receiver has squashed a mill or two, this will stop most of the rattle.
Regards Peter
Radar said
07:53 PM Mar 16, 2016
Yes a annoying rattle (clunk).
What I have done is cut strips of plastic ice cream containers placing one in the square hole as I push the ball part in to the reciever.
I have found this shuts the noise up.
Out of a lid of a 5 litre container I get about 6 which I leave handy in the front boot. They do seem to last I am up about 8000ks since leaving home and I am on the same one.
-- Edited by Cruising Cruze on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 08:43:17 PM
-- Edited by Cruising Cruze on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 08:49:21 PM
Hey Jim said
09:29 PM Mar 16, 2016
Hi John,
Thanks for the PM. I think in the end, I will pull out the hitch and spot weld on two sides then grind it back and drive it home once and for all. Every other hitch has not floated around like this. It may be that one size is Imperial and the other Metric.
Thanks again. I hate hearing noises from the rear while traveling, gets me thinking whats going back there.
Jim
Jaahn said
08:21 AM Mar 17, 2016
Leather Techs wrote:
Hi Jim In the past I have used a high tensile bolt and a nylock nut. As you tighten the nut hit the bolt head and repeat until the receiver has squashed a mill or two, this will stop most of the rattle. Regards Peter
Hi
+1 for this method. Works OK Easy to do.
Jaahn3
03_Troopy said
12:41 PM Mar 17, 2016
Radar wrote:
Yes a annoying rattle (clunk).
What I have done is cut strips of plastic ice cream containers placing one in the square hole as I push the ball part in to the reciever.
I have found this shuts the noise up.
Out of a lid of a 5 litre container I get about 6 which I leave handy in the front boot. They do seem to last I am up about 8000ks since leaving home and I am on the same one.
Hope this helps.
Very happy with that.
If you use the full fat ice cream instead of the reduced fat, do they still fit?
Hey Jim said
12:42 PM Mar 17, 2016
I remember one guy who said to take it to the hot dip gal service crowd. Smallest charge $120.00
Jim
patrol03 said
02:27 PM Mar 17, 2016
A couple of runs of mig along the top of the square shaft and finish or grind back to a suitable fit seems to be the way to go.Works for me.
Radar said
09:10 PM Mar 17, 2016
03_Troopy wrote:
Radar wrote:
Yes a annoying rattle (clunk).
What I have done is cut strips of plastic ice cream containers placing one in the square hole as I push the ball part in to the reciever.
I have found this shuts the noise up.
Out of a lid of a 5 litre container I get about 6 which I leave handy in the front boot. They do seem to last I am up about 8000ks since leaving home and I am on the same one.
Hope this helps.
Very happy with that.
If you use the full fat ice cream instead of the reduced fat, do they still fit?
Well if you use full fat containers it may be a bit harder to push the square bit in requiring you to use a bit of lubricant. Just love it.
Aus-Kiwi said
09:05 PM Mar 18, 2016
If you mig weld it . It's possibly better to build up the inner / outer part ? Being that heat May creat a break point ., Dont weld across completely, closer to pin and at the other end ..
Hi all,
I did a search on the above topic here and on LCOOL.
So far the 200 series does not have a the screw on the receiver and they wear out as well. Toyota made available some shims.
I saw the U bolt / angle arrangement as well.
(2012).
I have used glazing sealent but it wears out too, over a period of time.
Wraped duck tape around the shank as well.
Dose anyone know of a compound to help it lock up, like a liquid steel compound / sealent that may help. Apart from tack welding in a few spots.
Regards Jim
Cheers,
Peter
The occasional clunk is a reassuring reminder that the van is still there.
I have, in the past ,built it up with a few runs of weld and then linished it off until it is a "neat" fit.
Probably not recomended........but it worked.
KB
Hi Jim, I was at the recent caravan show in Melbourne, spoke to the hayman reese bloke about different things encluding the "rattle ". He said he used a piece of an old metal ruler. I haven't tried it as I have the u-bolt thing on a Kaymar spare wheel carrier -tow bar.
Cheers Owen.
In the past I have used a high tensile bolt and a nylock nut. As you tighten the nut hit the bolt head and repeat until the receiver has squashed a mill or two, this will stop most of the rattle.
Regards Peter
Yes a annoying rattle (clunk).
What I have done is cut strips of plastic ice cream containers placing one in the square hole as I push the ball part in to the reciever.
I have found this shuts the noise up.
Out of a lid of a 5 litre container I get about 6 which I leave handy in the front boot. They do seem to last I am up about 8000ks since leaving home and I am on the same one.
Hope this helps.
Very happy with that.
Hi Jim
Maybe this will be a solution for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQo7-QAs2G8
or this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds6arGX2Xls
Cheers John
-- Edited by Cruising Cruze on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 08:43:17 PM
-- Edited by Cruising Cruze on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 08:49:21 PM
Hi John,
Thanks for the PM. I think in the end, I will pull out the hitch and spot weld on two sides then grind it back and drive it home once and for all. Every other hitch has not floated around like this. It may be that one size is Imperial and the other Metric.
Thanks again. I hate hearing noises from the rear while traveling, gets me thinking whats going back there.
Jim
Hi
+1 for this method. Works OK
Easy to do.
Jaahn3
If you use the full fat ice cream instead of the reduced fat, do they still fit?
I remember one guy who said to take it to the hot dip gal service crowd. Smallest charge $120.00
Jim
Well if you use full fat containers it may be a bit harder to push the square bit in requiring you to use a bit of lubricant. Just love it.