Slider hitch - How to Question
After several years of bumper pull, we bought a fifth wheel about a year and a half ago. I have learned how to tow and back a 5th. I have a short bed truck and up until about 2 months ago, I had no ...
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My sliding hitch was hard to slide when I bought it. The first time I tried to use the slide I had to dump the clutch ...wow finally I nailed it pretty good to get it to work. It slammed back so hard the glove box dropped open (new Dodge/Cummins/NV5600).
I disassembled the jaws and slider portion....cleaned everything that moved. I used red grease on all the jaw parts/pins/bushings/etc.
Cleaned all the slider rollers/pins/tubes and first used white spray grease but all that did was attraction dirt/wood debris/sand/etc. I found a greaseless spray worked best for my situation.
The hitch is a '97 model 16k Reese square tube slider. Now all I do is flip the handle and its slides without using the trailers brakes or blocks. The hitch still works better than new.
I would R&R the hitch why its not working as advertised....some thing doesn't SOUND right.
On edit: PullRite Superglide has used different lubrication recommendations over the years. I would go to their website and find what type of lube they recommend for your year model hitch tubes.
I disassembled the jaws and slider portion....cleaned everything that moved. I used red grease on all the jaw parts/pins/bushings/etc.
Cleaned all the slider rollers/pins/tubes and first used white spray grease but all that did was attraction dirt/wood debris/sand/etc. I found a greaseless spray worked best for my situation.
The hitch is a '97 model 16k Reese square tube slider. Now all I do is flip the handle and its slides without using the trailers brakes or blocks. The hitch still works better than new.
I would R&R the hitch why its not working as advertised....some thing doesn't SOUND right.
On edit: PullRite Superglide has used different lubrication recommendations over the years. I would go to their website and find what type of lube they recommend for your year model hitch tubes.
