{"id":1149,"date":"2018-07-23T13:37:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T20:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2018-09-26T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T01:36:08","slug":"looking-for-comments-re-ascape-coupler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?p=1149","title":{"rendered":"Updated! Looking for comments re Ascape Coupler – No comments but found a solution."},"content":{"rendered":"

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As best as I can tell, the coupler on my Ascape is a RAM CA5210-B A-Frame coupler.<\/p>\n

While it seems very secure it is lacking any kind of adjustment resulting in a noisy coupler – ball matchup. Most other coupler allow for some adjustment of the latching part.<\/p>\n

Is mine the only noisy one? By noisy I don’t mean a constant rattling but some play is noticeable going over bumps, railroad tracks, etc.<\/p>\n

My receiver is a tapered fit and solid so I’m pretty sure the source of my noise is coupler\/ball match up.<\/p>\n

Wondering if your Ascape has same coupler and whether you have same experiences re coupler\/ball noise. <\/p>\n

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Usually the receiver is the source of noise and rattling but that is easily taken care of by an anti-rattle clamp. I used an anti-rattle clamp with my Santa Fe’s and it worked very well.
\nThe hitch on my Volvo is by StealthHitches<\/a>. The hitch is not visible unless actually towing. The receiver locks into a tapered receptacle.<\/p>\n

Update: September 26\/15.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seems I’m the only one annoyed by the rattle the unadjustable coupler produces. My early solution was a folded over ziplock bag. However, it certainly was not ideal.<\/p>\n

Solution finally came to me while looking at an Ascape with my dealer’s service manager. He didn’t have a solution and has had no complaints but a light went on for me.<\/p>\n

After a few trial and error attempts my version 2.0 solution consists of some threaded 5\/16th rod, a block of wood and a large thumb nut for final adjustment.<\/p>\n

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A spring is used to add anti-shock tolerance. Probably not needed.<\/p>\n

To keep it in place in actual usage I plan to use a piece of velcro strap wrapped around tow bar by the wooden block.<\/p>\n

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If you want to build your own let me know and I’ll provide more details about this one.<\/p>\n

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As best as I can tell, the coupler on my Ascape is a RAM CA5210-B A-Frame coupler. While it seems very secure it is lacking any kind of adjustment resulting in a noisy coupler – ball matchup. Most other coupler allow for some adjustment of the latching part. Is mine the only noisy one? By […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1220,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions\/1220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}