Wanting to get my Roadmaster tow bar apart. On the Roadmaster web site it says to remove the round nut at the end of the inner arm so it can be taken out the end of the outer arm. My problem is how to hold the inner arm to turn the round nut off, it's on there tight. I hate to use a pipe wrench to hold it and put marks on the arm. I am afraid if I don't hold the arm I might break the locking pin?Thanks for all comments

Why do you want to take it apart? What is the problem? Couple years ago, my Roadmaster, one of the telescopic arms would not telescope. Made hitching up a bit of a challenge, but we did it....3 times....due to back-in-only cg sites while on the road.Roadmaster has a "lifetime warranty". All you gotta do is call them, get a return number and send it to them. While the rebuild is free....UPS cost me $94 to pack and ship it. Returned completely rebuilt within 2 weeks.

jerseyjim wrote:Why do you want to take it apart? What is the problem? Couple years ago, my Roadmaster, one of the telescopic arms would not telescope. Made hitching up a bit of a challenge, but we did it....3 times....due to back-in-only cg sites while on the road.Roadmaster has a "lifetime warranty". All you gotta do is call them, get a return number and send it to them. While the rebuild is free....UPS cost me $94 to pack and ship it. Returned completely rebuilt within 2 weeks.I called Roadmaster they said $150.00 plus parts if needed, plus since the tow bar is over 10 years old or 70,000 miles it is time for a new one.So I sent for a repair kit $25.00 and I am trying to do it my self.

First I would try holding the round bar with a strap wrench. If it slips when trying to remove the nut, then wrap the round bar with some tape, like Gorilla tape with enough thicknesses to keep the pipe wrench teeth from going through the tape to damage the round bar. You may find that once you can hold the round bar from turning, you may still need to use an impact tool, either a manual one hit with a hammer or a pneumatic or electric one.As a last resort, I keep a nut spliter tool, in my tool chest. You do have to replace the nut with a new one, but the old one, will come off, usually without damaging the threads on the bolt.

Just for an argument: how would they know it's "over 10 years old....70,000 miles"?Unless you told them....but even so, when I called about 3-4 years ago for a rebuild, they told me "lifetime warranty"..just get it here. Person I spoke to never asked the age of the bar or anything else. Apparently the "lifetime" is no longer?

Well the serial number would most likely give them the age of the unit. I am curious as I have a Falcon 2 tow bar that I don't know the age of but I have used for 15,000 miles and it performs just fine, I like it. What are you guys seeing that needs re-working or adjustment? I inspect mine before every hook-up and its looks like the day I bought it.

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want-a-be
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Sep 14, 2014
jerseyjim wrote:
Why do you want to take it apart? What is the problem? Couple years ago, my Roadmaster, one of the telescopic arms would not telescope. Made hitching up a bit of a challenge, but we did it....3 times....due to back-in-only cg sites while on the road.
Roadmaster has a "lifetime warranty". All you gotta do is call them, get a return number and send it to them. While the rebuild is free....UPS cost me $94 to pack and ship it. Returned completely rebuilt within 2 weeks.

I called Roadmaster they said $150.00 plus parts if needed, plus since the tow bar is over 10 years old or 70,000 miles it is time for a new one.
So I sent for a repair kit $25.00 and I am trying to do it my self.
jerseyjim
Explorer
Sep 14, 2014
Why do you want to take it apart? What is the problem? Couple years ago, my Roadmaster, one of the telescopic arms would not telescope. Made hitching up a bit of a challenge, but we did it....3 times....due to back-in-only cg sites while on the road.
Roadmaster has a "lifetime warranty". All you gotta do is call them, get a return number and send it to them. While the rebuild is free....UPS cost me $94 to pack and ship it. Returned completely rebuilt within 2 weeks.

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