Installed my new hitch for the car.

[Charlesbusa]

Can't start a topic with pics so I'll add it in a reply. But the hitch is slightly crooked from right to left. Not a lot, just a little. Anyone else put a hitch on a car before?? Was it slightly crooked?? I'm not worried about it because the trailer attaches to the ball, which is round so if its slightly crooked it won't matter.

 

[Charlesbusa]

Lower on the left and higher on the right, just a little.

 

[Charlesbusa]

Plenty of clearance over the muffler.

 

[Charlesbusa]

Another look.

 

[Charlesbusa]

Left side mounting.

 

[Charlesbusa]

Right side mounting. Its definately the hitch for my car, just a little croocked.

 

[jwcfbd]

who installed it? as long as it is straght across the rear of the car I think you should be OK. If it's straght across you may have control issues while driving but just a level problem you should be fine. The Ball will level out the load.

 

[him]

i had mine professionaly done but ill go look at it to see if its crooked. The prob with mine is that when i start the car the muffler bangs on the hitch. It stops after about 5 mins

 

[stkr00]

As long as the receiver hitch if securely mounted, you'll be fine.

Measure from the ground up to the outer edges of the hitch frame, and then do the same while measuring up to the bottom of the plastic rear bumper. This may show that each of them is off level in opposite directions which will make the misalignment LOOK worse than it really is.

The ball will take up for a LOT of misalignment. I pull a trailer behind my Electra-Glide and never have any problems. Imagine the misalignment caused while leaning a bike through a turn while the trailer is staying level with the road. That's about 30 degrees from vertical each way for the Electra-Glide. You shouldn't have any problems.

 

[Mikey D]

I'm with sticker. As long as the hitch is boldted on really well, yer OK!

I had a hitch on my '91 Katana (yep I'm not normal) and it owrked great. Might be a concern that sumtin may not be straight on yer vehicle tho...

 

[him]

I had a hitch on my '91 Katana (yep I'm not normal) and it owrked great.  

You mean u towed you katana right

 

[Charlesbusa]

The hitch is striaght accross. Just a little lower on the left side than the right side. I installed it, it was only 6 bolts, so its not like it can go on any other way. It is very solid. It should be fine. Thanks for the input.

 

[Mikey D]

I had a hitch on my '91 Katana (yep I'm not normal) and it owrked great.  

You mean u towed you katana right

Noe, just like I typed it. Put a hitch on the Kat, towed a trailer cross country. Wroked great!

Got a speeding ticket in New Mexico tho. Luckly it was raining so I has slowed down to 92mph!

 

[bacharles]

 

[BA BUSA]

92 in the rain that's all???

 

[Mikey D]

92 in the rain that's all???

Well I did have a trailer behind me with a 4000 watt generator, tool box, all my supplies for the trip, a gallon of gasoline and $250 worth of fireworks in it.