sidewinder questions

I bought mine aftermarket for Holiday Rambler from Tweety's and according to them and Reese, use white lithium grease. I have and had (ZERO) problems.

We bought an 08 this summer that had a side winder/5th AB and the dealer that installed it for the original owner cut a slot in a Teflon disc and put it on. I've never had one and I didn't give it a second thought. It worked fine and kept from scraping off the paint but it's not necessary. I have a LB truck so I took the side winder off and reused the 5th AB and moved it back about 10" so it's the length of a standard pinbox. I sure don't miss hitching with that sidewinder - PITA! The sidewinder has Teflon discs top and bottom and the plastic bushing in the turret looks like EHMW. It turned pretty darn tight and I think some chain lube spray would be fine on the plastic pivot parts. Craig

Just need to lube up the wedge (sides/bottom), the contact area on king pin and the skid plates (pin box and hitch)

A light film of lube is all that's needed.

Use a spray on graphite lube.......goes on wet then dries.
Grease is messy and attracts dirt.

My mistake. Sorry, we did leave the disc wit the old trailer. I still do want to know about lubricating the sidewinder. Anyone with a sidewinder able to explain to me how to do it and with what?

Bob

The reason is because there is not supposed to be any pivoting motion at the fifth wheel attachment point. The lash point on the fifth wheel uses a blocking plate to prevent motion at that point and allow the rearward pivot point on the Sidewinder to do the work...

Regards

Hi Bob:

I also have a 2007 Keystone with a sidewinder. The "wedge" that makes the sidewinder work prevents you from being able to install a lube plate. Even if you could install one, the piviot point is not at the hitch, so the lube plate is not necessary.

Chris.