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rhuber28277
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Topic: Installing anti-sway ball on tongue Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 3:59pm |
I have a Curt anti-sway and am ready to install the tongue ball. I would rather not drill holes in the tongue. Has anyone installed the ball using bolt-on brackets and if so where can I get the brackets?
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Bob Huber
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ToolmanJohn
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 5:17pm |
Your sway control kit (i am assuming friction plate type) should have come with a mounting bracket to install on the tow bar under the 2 inch ball. The small sway bar ball mounts to the bracket.
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mcarter
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 5:24pm |
Interesting question, I know with mine the tongue mount for the anti sway is not wider than the frame rail, so you'd have to modify the mount to "clamp" on the frame rail, the brackets may be available, but the clamp piece would have to be fabricated. Marine hardware for trailers is a good source for brackets, but to me the clamp is an issue, you could use bar stock and build the clamping pieces.
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mcarter
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 5:26pm |
Toolman, I took it he was asking about the trailer tongue not the TV hitch. Could be wrong.
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TheBum
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 5:28pm |
I would not advise any sort of bolt-on brackets because the sway bar endpoints are under a lot of stress. They need to stay fixed for the sway bar to work effectively, and any sort of bolt-on bracket would likely move.
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mcarter
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 5:30pm |
I know with my Curt sway bar, I had to order the "mini" ball hitch adapter seperate. What came with the sway bar, mounted it to the tongue.
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mcarter
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 5:31pm |
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TheBum
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 5:37pm |
Originally posted by mcarter
Toolman, I took it he was asking about the trailer tongue not the TV hitch. Could be wrong. |
That was my interpretation as well (after you mentioned it). The ball on the TV usually doesn't require anything special; there are plates available that sandwich between the hitch bar and the hitch ball. The bracket on the trailer tongue always requires drilling into the tongue as far as I know.
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rhuber28277
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 6:17pm |
Yes, I was talking about the tongue ball not the hitch end. I bought a tv ball hitch that has the anti-sway ball mounting plate incorporated into it. I just don't like to drill that many holes in the tongue frame but I guess it won't weaken it or Curt wouldn't have designed it that way. Thanks for the comments.
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mcarter
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016 at 6:49pm |
Yeah Ron, would suggest tongue end be mounted in to tongue frame, don't cheat mother nature :)
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