Grease or Disks for 5th Wheel Hitch Plates?

[ccmret]

What is the preferred method to grease your plate on the hitches? Do you prefer the grease disks or traditional grease? I am using a B&W Companion Hitch

[drillking]

Disc for me. Easy and no mess.

[FOREVER_FREE]

Teflon disk. Grease is for the big rigs. It would also be very messy and require constant re-greasing if you travel a lot. If your sitting in one spot for extended lengths it would be a good idea to apply a small amount of grease to keep rust from forming.

[gailgold]

Teflon Disk. Works great, no mess. 🙂

[64thunderbolt]

Rygar wrote:
Nothing but a teflon disk.
Works great for me.

Has worked for me for many yrs. All grease will do is attract sand, dirt etc. Plus get all over you if you have to get in the bed for any reason.

[Rygar]

Nothing but a teflon disk.
Works great for me.

[silvercorvette]

I have a B&W Companion Hitch and use a white nylon disk (I just read the other posts, maybe the disk it teflon) with white grease top and bottom

[Cummins12V98]

Spend the extra money and get a 1/8" spacer from Hensley. It makes it much easier to see when there is clearance to unhitch.

Good call on the B&W!

[jalichty]

Used a Teflon disk from 1993 through 2011 when we sold the FW. Never had a problem with it and very clean. Got one for our new FW as well.

[sele]

teflon disk for 8 years took, a year to smarten up

[3_dog_nights]

lakeside013104 wrote:
I have a Hensley TS3 air bag hitch. I use the Teflon 1/8" thick disc only (available from Hensley). The 1/4" thick disc will not allow the jaws on the TS3 to close because the tolerance is so close on this hitch. This close pin to jaw tolerance removes any pin "slop" from the equation. No grease required on the disc. I do put a small amount of white lithium grease on the pin and the jaws of the hitch.

Lakeside

Have the same hitch, used an over the counter plate and it works fine.

[wilber1]

Been using the same teflon disc since 02. Paint isn't even worn off the hitch plate.

[waltbennett]

Got my teflon Curt disk on Amazon. Works great and little mess (still have to lube the kingpin itself).

[johntank]

thomasmnile wrote:

ccmret wrote:
Good to know.....updating my terminology.....
Thanks.

The Teflon disc is a good alternative to grease on the hitch "saddle". As an FYI, I previously owned a 5th wheel and used the Companion. I e-mailed B&W regarding grease vs. Teflon disc. The reply I received stated either was acceptable, but if I used a Teflon disc it should not be more than an 8" diameter. That is not a common size, but I did locate them on JC Whitney's website (5 years ago). They last a long time. B&W also recommended application of grease on the trailer kingpin, which I did every trip.

I have been using a 10" disk with my Companion and no problem with it as far as I can tell and as said one stills needs to grease the kingpin.

[lakeside013104]

I have a Hensley TS3 air bag hitch. I use the Teflon 1/8" thick disc only (available from Hensley). The 1/4" thick disc will not allow the jaws on the TS3 to close because the tolerance is so close on this hitch. This close pin to jaw tolerance removes any pin "slop" from the equation. No grease required on the disc. I do put a small amount of white lithium grease on the pin and the jaws of the hitch.

Lakeside