Veebyes wrote:
Didn't think of road salt right away. Course where I live snow is not an issue. Salt spray in the air is. Either way that the salt gets on thinly painted metal, if it is not washed off real quick rust is going to start.
That flaking rust says that the cancer has been set in for a long time & little, if anything was done about it.
There is still lots of life in that hardware. Get some rust converter. Follow the instructions. Coat that with a good primer or stuff like spray on bed liner & you will be good to go for many years.
Maybe it's good for you but I wouldn't tow anything with that hitch. Look at some of those close up pictures, that hitch is toast. There's too much at risk to take a chance using that hitch...do yourself, your family, and anyone else on the highway driving near you a favor and go buy a new one!
