Vagrant Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 The steel ratchet device is pressed into the alloy wheel and bonded. In my case the bond failed and the steel insert rotated within the Alloy wheel. The screw would not remove from the top of the male part of the McHitch, attached to my vehicle, other than by grasping the steel ratchet wheel, beneath the alloy wheel, with vice grips , to rotate and remove the pin.Solution.....Use a long socket 22mm to remove the assembly. Remove the steel ratchet from the Alloy wheel and repress in using a high strength Loctite or in my case Molytec 3277 Ultraloc, and drill a retaining hole through the bottom of the holes where the retaining removal pin locates and insert a ss bolt and nut (or a roll pin)as seen in close up photo 2014_12 11.01.11. This should be a permanent fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickA Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 G`Day VagrantI would contact Joe at McHitch and tell him about it.If there is a problem he needs to know about it.CheersRick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 The steel ratchet device is pressed into the alloy wheel and bonded. In my case the bond failed and the steel insert rotated within the Alloy wheel. The screw would not remove from the top of the male part of the McHitch, attached to my vehicle, other than by grasping the steel ratchet wheel, beneath the alloy wheel, with vice grips , to rotate and remove the pin.Solution.....Use a long socket 22mm to remove the assembly. Remove the steel ratchet from the Alloy wheel and repress in using a high strength Loctite or in my case Molytec 3277 Ultraloc, and drill a retaining hole through the bottom of the holes where the retaining removal pin locates and insert a ss bolt and nut (or a roll pin)as seen in close up photo 2014_12 11.01.11. This should be a permanent fix.thank you Vagrant, not being familiar with this particular hitch, is there a possibility of the van leaving the tow vehicle?? rgdsMichael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 thank you Vagrant, not being familiar with this particular hitch, is there a possibility of the van leaving the tow vehicle?? rgdsMichaelMichael, There is no way it could detach. There is a 5/8" primary pin, Haymen type pin, that is aback up. The Mchitch is a very secure system. My problem was the un-hitching. The ratchet screw is a locating attachment, rather than a attachment/securing device.Rest easy The Mchitch is a very secure attachment for the tow vehicle to the van.CheerVagrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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