towing with my new Hensley arrow...
Sooo, I got my hitch installed. I'll post pics later... get my truck hooked up. set up the WD ( I got the chains and snap up brackets) I wish all brackets were like these... the chains are held ...
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I use some teflon dry lube on the HA. It's a solvent like Brakleen but has powdered teflon in it. Spray it on the four beveled flanges of the stinger and also on the corresponding mating surfaces on the hitch itself. the solvent evaporates almost immediately and leaves a teflon film behind. This gives you the benefits of lubrication without the grease.
This is the brand I use, but there are several brands sold at home centers and hardware stores.
When we used to camp at the beach, the unpainted flange surfaces of the stinger and hitch are prone to surface rust. I can tell you from experience that the slightest amount of surface rust will seem like that stinger is welded into the hitch. I have pulled the TT tongue jack off of the blocks with chocks on the wheels more than once...now I hit it with the dry lube before every hitch up.
Also be sure to use a grease gun on the fittings where the spring bars go into the hitch head. I have Mobil 1 in my grease gun, you can't overgrease these, that bronze insert that the bars go into will wear out from lack of lube...fortunately it's easily replaceable.
Good luck with the hitch, the more you tow with it the more you will appreciate the design.
This is the brand I use, but there are several brands sold at home centers and hardware stores.
When we used to camp at the beach, the unpainted flange surfaces of the stinger and hitch are prone to surface rust. I can tell you from experience that the slightest amount of surface rust will seem like that stinger is welded into the hitch. I have pulled the TT tongue jack off of the blocks with chocks on the wheels more than once...now I hit it with the dry lube before every hitch up.
Also be sure to use a grease gun on the fittings where the spring bars go into the hitch head. I have Mobil 1 in my grease gun, you can't overgrease these, that bronze insert that the bars go into will wear out from lack of lube...fortunately it's easily replaceable.
Good luck with the hitch, the more you tow with it the more you will appreciate the design.
