Superglide capture plate metal wear??
Noticed this on my Pullrite Superglide capture plate. The area on the capture plate just behind the pin appears to be wearing against something. It's a deep gouge. I can find no wear marks on the h...
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mileshuff wrote:There is no reason to grease or lube the kingpin on a Super Glide hitch. It doesn't do anything more than to lock the pin to the hitch. Nothing moves against it or rotates on it. All the movement when you turn is done by the hitch mechanism. I have close to 20,000 miles on mine and still have paint on my kingpin from when it was new.pcm1959 wrote:
I liberally spray Slip Plate on all the hitch moving parts including the pin, capture plate, jaws, and tubes. Hitch has performed flawlessly in 3 years of use with no wear marks. Phillip
Do you use only slip plate spray on the pin and jaws and no grease? Pullrite only mentions slip plate for the rails on the older hitches hat predate use of the plastic wear plates.
B.O.
