To lube or not to lube the hitch ball
Yesterday we saw at Camping World special lube for hitch balls. My wife said that her family always greased the hitch. The dealer when delivering the TT said that we shouldn't lube the ball. From a co...
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Don't buy "special lube" for hitches, just use same grease as you would for your axle bearings.
Don't need much, just a light coating will work fine.
I am a believer in using grease on a ball hitch, bought a new flat deck trailer a couple of years ago. The hitch was squeaking and grinding on the ball and that was without any additional load (2400 lbs unloaded). It took a couple of tows adding extra grease to the coupler to get rid of the squeak and grinding sound on the ball. Now it tows quietly.
That squeaking and grinding over time WILL wear down the ball AND coupler, enough wear and the ball will not fit as snug in the coupler as it should. But I can't really think folks would intentionally ignore the dry sound it makes...
Don't need much, just a light coating will work fine.
I am a believer in using grease on a ball hitch, bought a new flat deck trailer a couple of years ago. The hitch was squeaking and grinding on the ball and that was without any additional load (2400 lbs unloaded). It took a couple of tows adding extra grease to the coupler to get rid of the squeak and grinding sound on the ball. Now it tows quietly.
That squeaking and grinding over time WILL wear down the ball AND coupler, enough wear and the ball will not fit as snug in the coupler as it should. But I can't really think folks would intentionally ignore the dry sound it makes...
