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Used to reduce trailer sway and improve handling in adverse towing conditions. Unit dampens trailer sway caused by crosswinds and traffic for improved stability and increased towing safety.
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Note: Do not use with Class I trailer hitches. Cannot be used with surge brakes. For trailers exceeding 26' long use two friction sway controls or dual cam sway control.
Video of Pro Series Friction Sway Control Kit - Economy - by Draw-Tite, Reese and Hidden Hitch
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Today, we're going to show how to install the Pro Series Friction Sway Control from Tow Ready, product number 83660. First thing you want to do is get your truck and trailer hooked up together and you want them to be as level as possible. And first thing we're going to do is go ahead and mount the sway control ball onto the vehicle's ball mount. If the ball axis is under the spot for the sway control ball you can use the adapter piece like the one we're using here. So well take the provided ball next and go ahead and install it into the hole here on the adapter bar. We want to check with the direction to verify the torque grade including the sway control ball.
Next we're going to go ahead and mark out so that we can mount our ball mounting plate onto the trailer. What we're looking to do is measure from the center of the ball here on the coupler back on the frame we want to measure 24 inches. And I'm actually going to take and square down off of that mark so then I have a line here on the side of the frame, and that line is actually going to be where we want the center of the ball on the ball mounting plate to be positioned. We're going to go ahead and clamp the ball mounting plate to the frame here. Make sure that it's nice and straight and that, again, that the center of the ball is mounted even with the line.
And once we've been sure we've got the plate clamped in the correct position and that square on the frame, we're going to go ahead and mark out the holes here. I'm going to just take the paint pen here and mark them out, and then go ahead and unclamp the ball mounting plate. We're going to center punch each one of the holes and go ahead and drill them out. If the frame of the trailer is 8th inch or thicker, go ahead and use that 11/30 seconds drill bit. For anything smaller than that, we'll use the 9/30 seconds.
I'm actually going to be drilling out with a quarter-inch pilot hole first and I'll go ahead and enlarge to the required hole size. With the holes drilled out, we're going to take the self tapping screws that are provided with the kit and we're going to go ahead and feed those into the holes. I'm going to do without the plate on there first so that we can go ahead to form the threads in there. Ok, and then we'll go ahead and mount the plate in position. The next step is to go ahead and take the sway control assembly and mount it on to the two balls that we had just mounted on the ball mounting trailer.
I'm going to first take and use some grease and lubricate both the balls. We'll go ahead inside the sway control under the ball and the ball mount first and go ahead and secure it with one of the providing clips, and we'll go ahead and loosen the handle here, just enough so that we can get the slide bar inside to release so that we can mount the second portion of the sway control bar onto the second ball. We'll then go ahead and secure it with the other clip, ok. From there, you just want to go ahead and tighten the handle back up until it stops and it should actually be back into its level position just like it was when it came out of the box. From there, the installation is complete. With that, that will conclude the installation of the friction sway control, product number 83660.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (4 Customer Reviews)
by: Ryan W04/18/2011
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works great and easy to install (30 min utes)11939
by: Bill J. - Daytona Beach12/30/2011
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Titus was very helpful in getting my order processed and shipping was quick. Thank you!28893
by: Joyce P.09/02/2011
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Excellent condition! 23503
by: paul03/14/2011
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I bought the sway control to replace one which was lost. It appears to be a drop in replacement at a great price.9320
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