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mick
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Yorkshire
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Mine seems to work a bit loose after a few hundred miles  no matter how tight i get it to star with has anyone else noticed this.
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 22nd Aug 2011 8:12 pm |
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maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
  
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It needs a bit of slack else you'd never get it off - a true interference fit with no play at all would make it a non-detachable 
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| 22nd Aug 2011 8:37 pm |
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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
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I hate to show off but when mine's locked in, there's absolutely no movement at all. And it falls out easily when unlocked.
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| 22nd Aug 2011 8:42 pm |
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mick
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2049
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NickJ wrote:I hate to show off but when mine's locked in, there's absolutely no movement at all. And it falls out easily when unlocked.
Thats how mine starts off but after a while there is a bit of movement .
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| 22nd Aug 2011 8:49 pm |
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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
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Perhaps because it's a wedge shape, once locked in if it can slide downwards ever so slightly, then it would be able to rock backwards/forwards.
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| 22nd Aug 2011 8:52 pm |
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Goofy
Member Since: 07 Jun 2011
Location: Sunny Cheshire
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Mines solid when it's fitted. However I was looking at a RRS with my father in law at the weekend and the tow bar on that was really sloppy and loose.
There's lots of threads on here about loose tow bar and some people with experiences of loosing their trailer due to them falling out. I must admit I make a habit of checking mine before moving the tin tent. Disco 3 TDV6 SE, black, de-badged, blacked out windows, cream leather interior, never seen a dirt track in its life.
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| 22nd Aug 2011 9:00 pm |
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NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
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seems a bit of a dodgy idea having a towbar that would fail big time if it fell downwards, but at least it gives me a better peace of mind that my previous car where the detachable towbar went in horizontally, then dropped downwards a few mm.
It relied on two pins at the side... all the lateral pulling force of the trailer being towed was on these pins.
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| 22nd Aug 2011 9:05 pm |
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JDB
Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: NW Hampshire
Posts: 2486
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I have a brand new one for sale if you are worried about wear
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| 23rd Aug 2011 5:04 am |
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