Grease on the ball?
A friend we camp with always puts grease on his trailer ball. He says I should do it as well. Is this a good idea?
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Muddydogs wrote:
If I had to do it over again and knowing what I know now I would have never went with the Anderson hitch
That ball wear is probably where the latch contacts the ball. I would never trust this design because of the force placed on the latch, when it fails you are in big trouble.
Everyone looks at ball wear because it is readily apparent, but the coupler might be much worse. With a hard chrome plating on the ball it might appear nothing is wrong, but the mild steel coupler may be wearing rapidly. Just grease the ball, common sense should tell you that metal to metal joints need lubrication.
I have found that white lithium grease is much worse than wheel bearing grease.
