Hitch Rattle

[Army grunt]

I had a similar problem, 2 wraps of duct tape around the hitch before sliding it in fixed the rattle. There is a nut inside the part of the hitch that will tighten agenest the ball. look at this also. A little slop there will rattle. just a few turns on the under side will fix it also.
Army Grunt

 

[clemsonfor]

I had a similar problem, 2 wraps of duct tape around the hitch before sliding it in fixed the rattle. There is a nut inside the part of the hitch that will tighten agenest the ball. look at this also. A little slop there will rattle. just a few turns on the under side will fix it also.
Army Grunt

I think its a jeep thing. My uncle has had jeeps for 15 years. 2 wranglers and 1 cherokee. They all did it with no load and worse with the landscape style trailer on on a dirt road and on highway.

The wrangler is not a unibody yet still does it.

 

[firefighter jim]

Draw tight makes a niftey J bolt hitch pin which when tightened, locks draw bar into receiver for a snug fit. Must use their (Draw tight) receiver which has a second hole to accept J bolt pin or I suppose you could simply drill another hole in your receiver..............I had one on my previous pickup and it worked great...........

 

[lostcause]

i've got an 06 gm 2500 with the factory hitch platform and it has a huge tolerance compared to a 2" drawbar - i'd bet it's 1/8-3/16" oversize. if i remember i'll put a mic on it and report back... but anyways, barring the use of mismatched drawbars and hitches, in my mind, bigger may be better. i've had a few used trucks with tight hitches with rusted in drawbars - including my current 1-ton. the hitch has been rusted in since i bought it used in 08. i keep planning on taking it out, but it's a whole welded up mess on the back of the frame, and i just haven't had the urge to tackle it.

 

[foggy1111]

I received the Hitch Vise in the mail today. Here is a little review on the install and some pics. Installation takes just seconds when you install the ball mount into the receiver.....just about two turns on a 9/16" wrench will tighten the "vise" to secure (clamp) the ball mount from rattling in the receiver. Immediately removed all play and all noise.

I have not towed with this yet....but it seems very heavy-duty (cast steel) and should last forever. I like the looks of this set up.....Very good product IMO.

 

[wmonroe]

Looks like that should do the trick. Any more pictures of the Jeep, did you go with the Hemi or V6?

 

[foggy1111]

Looks like that should do the trick. Any more pictures of the Jeep, did you go with the Hemi or V6?

I went with the Hemi. This is the first Jeep I have owned since an old used Wagoneer back in the 70's.

I bought an Overland model with the air suspension and the whole ball of yarn. Pretty nice vehicle. I think the biggest reason I went to Jeep was for the tow capacity at 7200 lbs....as I want to be able to tow a good sized boat and my tractor and implements.

Not many pics yet....heres one of the new Jeep and one with my Acadia towing my boat. "Slightly" overloaded.

 

[wmonroe]

Very nice! My wife has a one but with the v6, it runs ok but I wish it was an Overland Hemi.
How did the Acadia handle the boat?

 

[foggy1111]

Very nice! My wife has a one but with the v6, it runs ok but I wish it was an Overland Hemi.
How did the Acadia handle the boat?

The Acadia did "ok" with the boat...but I didn't pull it very far. My tractor and equipment was stretching the limits.

The V6 engine had "enough" power, but I did have two tranny problems. Tranny was rebuilt once, then replaced the tranny at 70k. I think I drove it sensibly....but still had problems. I didn't feel good about these kinda loads....and I wanted to do more travel with my boat and with my tractor to help my kids on their land.

The Jeep has so much more power....and the tow rating to do what needs doing. :thumbsup: It's taking me a little time to get used to a somewhat smaller vehicle tho. I could really pack the goods inside the Acadia for trips up to our cabin.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Nice Jeep and nice Cobalt. Make sure you get that trailer leveled out better behind that Jeep or you will really have tire issues on the trailer pulling it longer distances.

Chris