"Morgans" wrote in message
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"HL Falbaum" wrote

It is a good idea to have options. So, if someone else has to come get
you with their car, they are likely to have a 1 7/8" or a 2" ball.

I agree. Get a welding shop (if you are not able to do it yourself) to
change out the trailer hitch for a standard size like 2". (standard in
this area, anyway) Also, custom fit the 1 1/4" stub to your receiver. I
have usually found they fit loose as crap, unless you do something to make
it fit right.

I had good luck doing this by running two beads of weld down the length of
the hitch stub on two adjacent sides of the stub, then grind it down to a
"just right - slide in, but no wobble" fit. It is amazing how that can
reduce sway, and quiet down the ride down the road.

Anyone else with a sway problem have a sloppy fitting hitch - receiver
fit? Anyone do something to tighten up the fit?
--
Jim in NC


At the suggestion of someone else, I drove large nails into the gap between
stub and receiver, to remove the "slop". Made absolutely no difference with
sway in the Tahoe.

As to driving slowly, I had to do that with the Tahoe. Sway started anyway
when I was passed by 75mph Semis.

Hartley Falbaum