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I probably have a couple dozen hook-up's on it in that year.
we camped about 6 times, and every time we leave we are in a hurry or the kids are not going to tolerate the wait for me to dump, so I haul it home with the holding takes full and take it to the park close to home to use the dump station. so there is at least 12 hook-up's with camping. then there were a few more to do other random stuff.
I doubt there is 500 miles on the hitch, though, a fair bit of maneuvering, in those miles.
The dust accumulating on the road should not matter. it would be on areas not in contact that do not really need the grease. I never worried about was just liberal with grease.
The dust accumulating on the road should not matter. it would be on areas not in contact that do not really need the grease. I never worried about was just liberal with grease.
Don't you grease the ball and coupler?
on my other trailers, no. I don't typically grease the ball or coupler because it collects a bunch of dust and gums everything up. I have found that leaving them dry makes life easier.
which is why, initially, I haven't been greasing the pivot points on the trunions. it seems, though, that I've underestimated the amount of pressure at these points.
I have. Mostly what i hear is the bars sliding on the cams. This pop and clunk when you turn and are quite loud, but I've never heard anything that sounds like the trunions grinding away at the head. If anything is like to live the bars where they ride on the cams but Reese advises against putting any lube at the cams.
Notice how dirty/dusty the head is under the ball. This is just from the trip home. I sprayed the ball at the campground before leaving and wiped up all the over spray, but the grease just makes it stick like glue.
This is why I hate having to lube any part of it. That dust sticks to everything and the only way to get rid of it is to completely clean off all the old grease and reapply every time.
Bottom socket
Bottom socket
Bottom socket
Greasy ball with rocks stuck to it because there is no place clean to set anything.
Trunion with minimal wear.
Trunion with minimal wear
WD bars where the straight line cams ride. Minimal wear.
How it is stored in the camper. Covered in dust from the ride home.
I can look to see if our amsoil dealer in town has any of that, but on the face of it, it doesn't really say anything about being intended for extreme pressure applications.
I got to thinking about molybdenum lube intended for camshaft break In. That would be easy to apply and easier than grease to clean up.
My Reese dual cam started looking like that. I figured both pieces are cast, so they will wear themselves eventually. I used to use oil in the hole at the top for lube.
I did a bunch of searching for "dry film extreme pressure lube" and found a bunch of different stuff. One of them being a PTFE dry lube from WD40. In their product info they kept saying "extreme pressure" so on paper it fits the bill.
Found some at WalMart for less than $7 so I figure it is worth a try.
Squirrel pi$$
I've used it on my regular ball mount since I bought it. It is definitely dry, and definitely doesn't collect dust, so thats good. But does it lubricate? Hard to tell. When the stuff dries, you can't tell it is there other than maybe a waxy feel.
Still skeptical, but maybe better than nothing. If all else fails, this will be a good lube for the slides so it wont go to waste.
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