Grease on the ball?
A friend we camp with always puts grease on his trailer ball. He says I should do it as well. Is this a good idea?
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I have some pics of the inside of my coupler and you can see the wear, I just keep an eye on it. My old ball was basically frozen in the hitch body and wasn't moving anymore, I think a little bit of the sleeve squeezing out is normal but mine was excessive. The new sleeve looks like its a little different material and is black instead of red so I don't know if they change them or not.
I just don't understand people complaining about getting grease from the ball on there clothes? Wipe the darn ball off after you unhook and the problem is solved. If one paper towel won't wide off the grease then you are using way to much grease on the ball. After you wipe off the ball take a swipe around the coupler to get any grease that may be on the edge. It's really that simple. I put a rubber cover over the ball, a pic was posted a few posts back, just to keep the road grit off the ball when driving around the dirt roads so I don't have to clean the ball before hooking up. Most the time I take the hitch out of the truck anyway.
I just don't understand people complaining about getting grease from the ball on there clothes? Wipe the darn ball off after you unhook and the problem is solved. If one paper towel won't wide off the grease then you are using way to much grease on the ball. After you wipe off the ball take a swipe around the coupler to get any grease that may be on the edge. It's really that simple. I put a rubber cover over the ball, a pic was posted a few posts back, just to keep the road grit off the ball when driving around the dirt roads so I don't have to clean the ball before hooking up. Most the time I take the hitch out of the truck anyway.
