Broccolicog
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- May 29, 2018
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Hello All,
Hoping to get some advice on an issue that I am having with my hitch. It's a Reese 16K sliding hitch that I purchased in 2010. I had recently gotten into the habit of unbolting the hitch head from the slider to make it easier for my wife and I to lift it out of the truck for storage. Went to reinstall this week and now the slider is not working as it should. I am unable to move the handle to the unlock position. The handle appears to be bound where I can only move it about 1/4 of it's range but it remains in the forward lock position. When I think I have it locked in I can still move the hitch when I grab the head and move it side to side. I don't trust that this is truly locked in. Something is obviously wrong with it since I can't get it to the unlocked position.
Can this be repaired? If so how would I do so?
Should I replace the sliding base and reinstall the hitch head on the new slider?
Should I replace my 14 year old hitch entirely?
Thanks in advance!
Hoping to get some advice on an issue that I am having with my hitch. It's a Reese 16K sliding hitch that I purchased in 2010. I had recently gotten into the habit of unbolting the hitch head from the slider to make it easier for my wife and I to lift it out of the truck for storage. Went to reinstall this week and now the slider is not working as it should. I am unable to move the handle to the unlock position. The handle appears to be bound where I can only move it about 1/4 of it's range but it remains in the forward lock position. When I think I have it locked in I can still move the hitch when I grab the head and move it side to side. I don't trust that this is truly locked in. Something is obviously wrong with it since I can't get it to the unlocked position.
Can this be repaired? If so how would I do so?
Should I replace the sliding base and reinstall the hitch head on the new slider?
Should I replace my 14 year old hitch entirely?
Thanks in advance!