Stopping goose neck from moving in the receiver

Hey Jim · Guru

Stopping goose neck from moving in the receiver

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Forget about it.

Cheers,
Peter

Explorer · Guru

The occasional clunk is a reassuring reminder that the van is still there.

KJB · Guru

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 · Senior Member

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 · Guru

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 · Veteran Member

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 · Guru

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.

Cruising Cruze · Guru

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

Hey Jim · Guru

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. hmm

Thanks again. I hate hearing noises from the rear while traveling, gets me thinking whats going back there.

Jim

Jaahn · Guru

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 biggrin Easy to do.

Jaahn3

03_Troopy · Guru

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? biggrin

Hey Jim · Guru

I remember one guy who said to take it to the hot dip gal service crowd. Smallest charge $120.00 cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry

Jim

patrol03 · Senior Member

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 · Guru

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 · Guru

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 ..