Lube plate
Question: when using a lube plate, doesn't it prevent the pin from come down further in the hitch? Does it affect how well the pin can be wrapped by the hitch mechanism?
Forum Discussion
C-Bears wrote:
Here is the way I look at lube plates. They were invented because folks didn't want to grease the tops of their hitch plates. The grease makes the tops of the plates dirty.
If my hitch manufacturer designed mine for use with a lube plate then it would have been included in my paperwork and I would have been instructed to use it instead of grease.
Actually when I purchased my 5er back in 07', there was a lube plate included in the "owners manual/accessories package), straight from Monaco/HR.(still sealed in plastic along with manual's, etc).
The teflon/delron/nylon, (depends), that the 5er rides on between king pin and 5er hitch is as smooth for movement as the grease...just not as messy and won't pick up dust, dirt, etc.
There are various thickness lube plates that one can purchase, and they last...Been using the one that came with my 5er since 07'....I have a brand new "spare", but have yet to use it.
