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- SDcampowneroperExplorerNever have. Grease on the ball is an as you wish. Come on now think about it, that. ball and hitch does not move more than you turn. Wheres the wear?
Grease it if you want, do not be concerned with wear.
Does the owners manual of your hiitch recommend grease? I bet not.
Equalizer bars get more movement and wear than the ball, but still no reason to grease them. They will never wear out, and might also through friction give a bit more sway control. - IvylogExplorer IIISlow internet... double post.
- IvylogExplorer IIINo. Unless you clean it regularly it becomes grinding compound.
- HuckleberryHuntExplorer
bdhoun wrote:
I always use lithium grease on mine
Same. - mike-sExplorer
Houston Remodeler wrote:
Grease, Brylcreem, whatever it takes.
A little dab'll do ya
(for those of us old enough to remember)
Grease keeps things from rusting. Other than that, it might save wear on the coupler if you're planning on a few million miles of travel.
The best reason to use grease is as a training method to keep people from bumping into the hitch. Better to get a grease stained leg than a bloody shin. - TerryallanExplorer II
Houston Remodeler wrote:
A little dab'll do ya
(for those of us old enough to remember)
Just so you know, I'm with you, BrylCreem. Course I was just a young kid watchin on a Black, and White TV. Yes children, Once aponatime TV only had 2 colors, Black, and white.
As for grease on the ball. IF there is a reason to grease 5th wheels, and there is. There is a reason to grease coupler balls. Any time 2 pieces of metal rub together. Grease in needed. - samsontdogExplorer
bdhoun wrote:
I always use lithium grease on mine
Same here - MuddydogsExplorerI started to after seeing ball wear on my Anderson hitch set up but I never did when towing trailers for my work. Until the Anderson hitch I had never seen ball wear and I have at least 100000 miles towing.
I keep a roll of paper towels in my front pass through, before I take the hitch off the truck I wipe off the ball and slide one of them rubber ball covers over the ball. - allen8106ExplorerNot needed and in my 35 years of towing never used any nor have I known anyone that has.
- jfkmkExplorer
Houston Remodeler wrote:
A little dab'll do ya
(for those of us old enough to remember)
Sadly, yes.
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