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Hello,

We have just returned from our second trip as caravanners,  we went up to the Lakes and had a lovely time.  Luckily the weather remained sunny for us.

When we were at the storage yard we noticed some 'squeeking' noises,  it seemed to be during tight turns on the compound,getting around corners etc.  We uncoupled the caravan and mvoed it by hand a few yeards back and forth,  but did not hear anything- so it appears not to be the caravan.  The car made no noise alone either.

So..  is this likely to be the towball?  It's it an older ALKO style hitch  (non stabiliser) so there is some grease on the towball,  but maybe not enough,  and the tight corners mean more 'pivoting' on this point?

Any thoughts???

Cheers

Mike

If you have a separate stabiliser fitted that is the likely cause.  When I used one it groaned and squeaked all the time but seemed to work ok.

Some more grease on the hitch may help but doesn't sound serious

Hi Eddie and Oxter,

Thank you for your replies.  I don't have a stabiliser,  so I am at a bit of a loss really.  The only thing I can think of is to apply some more grease to the towball.

The noise was only present when we arrived back at the storage yard and turning quite sharply.

Thanks again

Mike