Unhitching/System Adjustment - Reese STEADI-FLEX Manual Del Propietário

UNHITCHING
1. Place the truck in park and apply the emergency brake.
2. Chock (block) the trailer tires to ensure that the trailer does not roll once it is released from the tow
vehicle.
3. Use the jack to lift the nose of the trailer slightly above level.
4. Use the lift handle to remove the spring bars from the friction pads and swing the bars outward so they
do not interfere with any part of the truck, trailer or WD system.
5. Lower the trailer to unlatch the trailer coupler.
6. Use the trailer jack to lift the trailer high enough so that that top of the ball is below the bottom of the
trailer coupler.
7. Remove the clevis pin and spring clips from the ball mount and remove the spring bars.
8. Drive the tow vehicle forward about 4 feet.
9. Remove the hitch bar and ball mount from the tow vehicle receiver.
Issue Possible Cause
Tow capacity exceeded
Tongue weight too light
Trailer Sway
Not enough Weight Distributing
Hitch undersize or deflecting before Spring bars can
be fully loaded
Incorrect tire pressure
A-Frame bracket Clamping bar under tightened or over tightened.
moving on frame
Initial ball height not set properly
Trailer tongue too
Not enough Weight Distributing
low
(<1.5")
Hitch is undersize or flexing
Trailer tongue too Initial ball height not set properly
high
(> 1.5")
Normal wear
Noisy system
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ADJUSTMENT GUIDE
PCN18577 ©2014 CEQUENT
Recommendation
DO NOT TOW. You must not exceed your tow
vehicle manufacturers rating, Hitch or tow system
ratings at any time.
Loaded tongue weight below 10% of the loaded
trailer rating can be the cause of trailer sway at
speed. Without exceeding trailer manufacturers
recommendation or overloading the rear axle of the
tow vehicle rearrange weight in the trailer forward
to increase tongue weight to 10-15% of gross trailer
rating.
Adjust the A-Frame bracket up one hole or adjust
the head angle downward.
Make sure your Hitch rating exceeds your trailer
rating and tongue weight rating. If your hitch still
bends before your spring bars get to load DO NOT
USE
Be sure all tires are filled to tire manufacturers
recommendations.
Review proper clamping instructions on page 5
Readjust head height up one hole
Adjust the A-Frame bracket up one hole or adjust
the head angle downward.
Replace hitch with the appropriate Reese WD
system.
Readjust head height down one hole
Some noise is normal for the Steadi-Flex system,
especially during the break-in phase. Ensure that
the front wheel well height is nearly the same
without the trailer (H1) as it is with the trailer and
Steadi-Flex assembled (H2). If loaded (H2) is
lower, by more than 1/2", lower the A-Frame
bracket one hole position.
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