Removing ford 5th wheel hitch

ritterjd wrote:
Okay, what's the secret? We recently purchased a ford f350 that already had the ford hitch prep and a Reese 25k hitch installed. Trying to pull it out this morning and I can only get 1 out of the 4 mounts to turn.I can't even add a little leverage to the arms or they may bend.

It looks like they may be frozen in the under bed rail. How can I release?

Must have been pretty tight when installed. Don't know about adjustment, but the Reese picture frame can be adjusted. Which I had to do to with my installation. Would have to think the Reese puck system should be adjustable ,same as the Reese picture frame , same type system.

The locking arms on the picture frame that I have are right at 16 inches ling, lots of leverage to lock ,and unlock. On the initial setup, they were way too tight, had to lean on them if I wanted to close them, didn't want that. Adjusted them so they were snug, with no up, and down play.

I think in your case they were pretty much forced shut, and with a little time , and corrosion they have stuck shut, a little PB blaster as said, and then adjusted when reinstalled.