Ball Loosened, Use Loctite?
From time to time my son or I have to tow bar his 1946 Chevrolet 2 ton rack truck. He uses it for his food catering business. Being it is old it breaks down once a year. So when booked to do a p...
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Sometimes balls call for a good amount of torque like around 450 ft lb of torque. That can be tough to do by hand with a long or couple of wrenches. I normally place a wrench on the nut and slide 5ft pipe over that. I then place another wrench on the ball's wrench flats and either have someone hold that one or block it to prevent the ball from turning. After that just pull tight. It's not hard to reach the high torque requirement when you take advantage of long levers. I've never had a ball loosen on me using this method.
