Reese Airborne Sidewinder and Skid Plate Lubrication

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Can anyone tell me if I need to grease the skid plate on my hitch while using the Reese Sidewinder pin box? I know not to use a lube plate but even though the Pin won't be rotating, it will still slide in to position or out of position when hitching up and unhitching so common sense says I need to. If that's the case, can I use the Spray White Lithium Grease or should I use a traditional grease like what everyone used before the lube plates became popular? The dealer that's installing it told me to contact Reese for the correct procedure so I emailed them. They responded with instructions to call their towing tech support. When I called, I listened to a recorded message telling me to contact the dealer who installed the pin box. Uggh!

jimnlin · Answer

etrailer lube link.  As with any hitch lube requirements always go to the hitch makers recommendations. Keep calling or emailing. Most mfg shut down on weekends anywayz.

robwny · Answer

Thanks for the link. I called on Wednesday.

aczl · Answer

Rob,You said you cannot use one of those plastic plates/disks? There is another option you could try/use. As you mentioned, you could use reg  grease or some type of spay lube or non dust attracting graphite. There is a company who markets are primarily semi drivers, but has gain a ton of users who are not semi drivers. Anyways it's called MotorKote. They have 2 products that will probly work for you. 1st is MotorKote Hyper Lubricant which is a friction reducer inside engines, BUT also HAS hundreds of other uses. 2nd is MotorKote 5th wheel grease. As name implies, it's for 5th wheels along w/ anything else that takes grease. FWIW, give them a call and explain what you want to achieve and for their recommendation. They are located in OH.

robwny · Answer

ACZL wrote:Rob,You said you cannot use one of those plastic plates/disks? There is another option you could try/use. As you mentioned, you could use reg  grease or some type of spay lube or non dust attracting graphite. There is a company who markets are primarily semi drivers, but has gain a ton of users who are not semi drivers. Anyways it's called MotorKote. They have 2 products that will probly work for you. 1st is MotorKote Hyper Lubricant which is a friction reducer inside engines, BUT also HAS hundreds of other uses. 2nd is MotorKote 5th wheel grease. As name implies, it's for 5th wheels along w/ anything else that takes grease. FWIW, give them a call and explain what you want to achieve and for their recommendation. They are located in OH.Thanks for the info Mike. I'll give them a call. I see they have a website too. When I get a chance later today, I'll check it out!

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