Bike Tech Talk and Repair Tips

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I spent 3 hours fiddling with that fucking thing today trying to get that wobble out of there with adding a thin rubber bushing between those split sleeves on the original. All for naught. I wound up gouging the aluminum a little and when you fuck with it, you also take that out of alignment for the hole for the hitch pin.

Good thing for C-clamps to hold it all in place properly and screw it back in.

So I rigged it up with plastic film folded to fit tight from the back end of that sleeve. It now cushions/tightens the carrier between the big sleeve and itself and It stays together.

You'll need a 1/4" locking pin for yours if it's the same one. Also, you'll need some plastic spacers (I've a mess of them if you need and I can mail them to you) because they don't make one short enough not to get a saw or bolt cutter in there. With the black spacers I have from Matt's TV hangs, it looks like it's part of the pin.

Next time I get it back on the truck I'll get a pic of that for you.

Now, how stupid is the whole idea of locking it to the receiver if they can turn two bolts and unclip a pin?