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mrekim
Explorer
Sep 20, 2013

How often do you need to tighen your hitch ball?

I have a ball on order and was going to get a 1 7/8" socket. After a brief search it seems like 1/2" drive tools won't cut it. I suspect that, if I want to be able to tighten this myself I'll need at ...
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mowermech
Explorer
Sep 20, 2013
I installed all of my hitch balls with a 16 inch adjustable open end wrench ("Crescent wrench" Oddly enough, I had one made by Crescent tool Co.!), with a 4 foot cheater bar on the handle. None ever came loose.
At that time, I only weighed 180 to 200 lbs.

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