ball stuck in coupler
I just brought home my new andersen ultimate hitch all hooked up. No problems getting home, but after releasing lock handle and raising the trailer, the ball is struck in the coupler. The truck is pul...
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rhagfo wrote:balesfam wrote:
There is no need to lube. I unscrewed the coupling pin from the block to make sure the pin was releasing, that didn't help. I looked through the coupling pin hole to try to look at the ball for damage, couldn't see any. But the space where the coupling pin goes in, it doesn't even look like it would the pin would be under the curve of the ball. It's almost like the wrong ball. But I am sure they would use the ball that came with the hitch.
Wow, that must really be an ultimate hitch if you don't need to lube a metal to metal contact supporting between 1,200# to maybe 3,000#!
It's not metal to metal. From the pictures it looks like there is a polymer cap for the ball inserted in the adapter. I suppose it works like the lube plate many use for their traditional hitches.
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