WD Storage

When I forget and leave the hitch head on the truck I wipe the ball clean with a pants leg while unloading stuff from the rear of the truck. Then when I store it in the back of the truck no grease left to get on anything.

Yes, refer to your owners manual under lubrication or maintenance.

I grease the ball and the two trunnion sockets. I do not grease the sway bars.

gmferg wrote:

jbjuices wrote:
Alright, I'm confused because my bars are not greased. Do I need to grease the bars? Is this why they're making SO much noise? It was especially awful when it rained.

Yes, grease the contact points and noise will go away and life of components will be extended.

NOT ALL CONTACT POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read your manual!!!!!

Example: The Equalizer E2 requires only 4 specific (2 per side, and not counting the ball) locations to be greased and a thin film is all that is required. The Equalizer will NEVER be a quiet WDH as designed.

I store the bars in the front passenger side compartment on top of a couple 2x4's. And I cover the greased ball with a cut tennis ball. I don't have any issue with grease where it doesn't belong.

jbjuices wrote:
Alright, I'm confused because my bars are not greased. Do I need to grease the bars? Is this why they're making SO much noise? It was especially awful when it rained.

Yes, grease the contact points and noise will go away and life of components will be extended.

It helps when you grease the bars my hitch manual states they need to be greased but the noise will never go away.

Alright, I'm confused because my bars are not greased. Do I need to grease the bars? Is this why they're making SO much noise? It was especially awful when it rained.

I wipe the bars off on both ends, wipe the hitch ball, & remove the hitch head. Everything goes in the basement storage.

I bought a 26 inch carpenters tool box. I find that my 1,000lb WD bars fit in it just fine along with my 2 anti-sway bars plus there is a place for the pins and other stuff. The handles on each end make it easy to carry when full.

Not a problem with the Andersen WDH. I keep the ball unit on the tow vehicle; I just wipe off the ball so that no grease gets on anyone. The plate that attaches to the ball unit is attached to the A-frame with chains, and it just lays on the ground in front of the tongue jack. Nothing to store.

Bruce

I use 2 Zip Lock bags (gallon size). Slide them over the business end of the bars and slide them in the pass through compartment. The hitch head stays on the truck unless we are going to take the truck out somewhere, then it goes in the pass through too. While in storage, it all goes in the pass through.