grease or glide plate
Just bought a mountaineer 5er. Ive seen these plates that go on hitch are they better than using grease.
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Likes to tow wrote:
When I bought this 5th wheel it had one already installed. My first 5th wheel did not. I noticed after a few months that I continually had problems hitching up. It was embarassing sometimes. I experienced absolutely no problems with the old 5th wheel. Why all of a sudden now do I have trouble getting the hitch to pivot to a corresponding angle of the king pin plate.
The front of the king pin plate on the 5th wheel is square. When you position this plate 1/2 inch below the surface of the hitch plate it will "cam" or move the rotating hitch to the correct positon. Now when there is a round teflon pad on the king pin, it makes the front of this area "round" and no camming or proper movement for alighnment will occur. This caused me great difficulty especially when trying to hitch up in areas that were not perfectly level.
The king pin must be greased anyway. Those getting grease on their clothing will do it anyway even with the pad. Why have a pad and cause yourself hitching problems?
After removing the teflon pad I once again have absolutely no problem with hitching up.
Never have this issue with my disk. Maybe your pin plate was too high,I am usually 1" to 2" low of the hitch plate, never an issue.
