In the other thread about hitches, some mentioned noise their Reese hitch makes. If it is a "clunk" when starting and stopping like I had here is what I did.
On my Reese Elite there would be a "clunk" when starting from a stop and when braking when moving. I found it to be play in the cradle that rocks side to side. That cradle mounts to a shaft welded to the base frame. And there was about 1/8" gap or play in it. Not much but enough for it to slide forward and back when starting and stopping and making the noise. And since it is welded there is no way to take up that play.
So I bought a
flat plastic electrical box cover from Home Depot. I used a hole saw just larger than the cradle shaft in my drill and drilled/sawed a hole in the middle of the cover. Now it is donut shaped. Then I cut a slot in one side of the "donut" slightly smaller than the shaft. Now it is "C" shaped. I pushed the "C" shaped cover down between the rear of the cradle and the hitch frame straddling the shaft and taking up that 1/8" play. No more "clunk" when starting and stopping.
Actually had the same problem on my previous Pullrite but it had a large bolt for the shaft with a nut on the end that could be tightened to take up the slack.
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