Friction Sway Control Installation
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Topic: Friction Sway Control Installation
Posted By: MissyBuck
Subject: Friction Sway Control Installation
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 10:39am
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Hey all you Pod experts!
We towed Podimus home yesterday! We are officially PodPeople :) Hubs wants to install the friction sway controller that we had on our previous trailer on to the Pod. Since the area where he needs to drill the hole for the small ball hitch thingy (yes, that's a real word in my vocab) has four sides - like it is solid - the screw end won't go all the way thru. I will post pic as soon as I can resize them. Any suggestions? If you have one, would you share how you installed it? Please :) ------------- Melissa (and Buck) 2015 RP 178 aka Podimus Minimus 3/4 Ton Suburban TV |
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Posted By: MissyBuck
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 10:58am
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%20 - https://www.flickr.com/gp/119235407@N08/6HzjG7
Hopefully this is a direct link to the flickr album with the photo. ------------- Melissa (and Buck) 2015 RP 178 aka Podimus Minimus 3/4 Ton Suburban TV |
Posted By: MissyBuck
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 11:02am
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Oy. If this doesn't work, I give up. :-/
https://www.flickr.com/gp/119235407@N08/6HzjG7 ------------- Melissa (and Buck) 2015 RP 178 aka Podimus Minimus 3/4 Ton Suburban TV |
Posted By: Luv2Q
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 11:13am
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Hey, glad y'all got the deal done. A Latin pod .. Cool! Ours hasn't yet suggested a preferred name. Time will tell. Can't help you with the hitch question. Ours is the E2 WDH. Again, congrats on getting Little Pod home.  ------------- John & Teri Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 12:20pm
You seem to be missing a couple parts. Here's what you should find in the box: The short flange with the single hole must be welded to the side of your receiver's ball mount. The small ball is then bolted into that flange:  The plate with the ball attached mounts to the side of your trailer tongue. Drill six holes (I suggest a titanium drill bit, which makes drilling much easier) in the side of the tongue and use the provided self-tapping screws to attach:  (Sorry - this is the best random picture on the internet I could find. Please use all six bolts provided.)
------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: MissyBuck
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 2:34pm
Ours didn't come with the ball on the plate. Only with what is shown. I guess we may need to buy one. ------------- Melissa (and Buck) 2015 RP 178 aka Podimus Minimus 3/4 Ton Suburban TV |
Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 3:24pm
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If you don't want to deal with welding, etrailer sells a bolt on plate for the small equalizer ball: just remove the 2" hitch ball, drop the plate on, and rebolt the hitch ball on. http://www.etrailer.com/comparison.aspx?pc=RP26003&pc2=RP26005
------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: MissyBuck
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2014 at 8:21pm
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We went by Camping World today and picked up the ball/plate thingy. Thanks for your help Pod Peeps! ------------- Melissa (and Buck) 2015 RP 178 aka Podimus Minimus 3/4 Ton Suburban TV |