Grease on your ball(s)??

[BDaugherty]

I have a friend who uses grease on his gooseneck ball and trailer balls. He swears it makes it pull smoother and keeps the couplers from wearing. I never grease mine mainly because I don't like getting grease on my turnover ball, but also because I tow infrequently and I'm just not worried about wear. What does everyone else do?

 

[Andersonville]

I spray white lithium grease on my ball before hookup. It helps with the ground connection too. Get a cheap plastic ball cover and put grease in it. Then the ball will always be greased

 

[CumminsBu]

Yes, on long hauls.

 

[jgillott]

No, most of the time I don't.

 

[monkeyman]

I could not resist this: it won't improve your sex life!:-laf

Rick

 

[JRBurton]

I put grease on my ball as well as equalizer bar ends, even sway bar balls.



John

 

[Matt400]

Depends on the weight for me, a small utility trailer I dont and a 4000 lb boat we use to have I didn't but the 6000 TT we use to have I did due to the horrible grinding sounds and galling produced without lube.



Oh. . and if I decide to shave em I would use lube for sure :-laf

 

[RDHamill]

I find that I have to, or else the noise is awful.

It will usually last about a week, but if I don't unhook the trailer on the weekend, it noisy agin by he middle of the second week.

thanks

 

[The patriot]

There are two voters who have no balls... ... :-laf

 

[HPetrat]

Jeez this thread is painful to read... :-laf:-laf

 

[Adventure Bob]

Occasionally, if I dont grease my balls, I have to get a set of vice grips on em nice and tight and hit em with a hammer just to get em off. Sometimes, if I havent used em in while that don't even work, so I have to get out a torch and get em up to temp to get em off. When theyre really red hot, ya pich them vice grips on em and whack like there was no tommorow. It that doesn't work you should just have em cut off.

 

[Jumbo Jet]

Occasionally, if I dont grease my balls, I have to get a set of vice grips on em nice and tight and hit em with a hammer just to get em off. Sometimes, if I havent used em in while that don't even work, so I have to get out a torch and get em up to temp to get em off. When theyre really red hot, ya pich them vice grips on em and whack like there was no tommorow. It that doesn't work you should just have em cut off.

That ought to get you, I mean get them off!

 

[CDonaldson]

I use white lithium grease, keep a spray can in the toolbox. I also keep a spray can of brake cleaner in the toolbox, clean the ball with it. I used to keep a can of bearing grease in the toolbox, just dipped the ball in the can. The spray grease is easier to manage. The spray brake cleaner is also easier to use when cleaning the coupler.



The lithium works great to grease the bottom of the ball - end that slides into the GN turnover hole as well. Balls get stuck in them after a little dirt collects, the grease actually keeps the dirt out and prevents the ball from siezing up. If you happen to have one sieze up, spray brake cleaner in along the edges, it will un-sieze pretty quickly.



CD

 

[Adventure Bob]

That brake cleaner works good, stings a little though...

 

[icman95]

I tried it once, but my wife objected. :{

 

[MChildress]

I could not resist this: it won't improve your sex life!:-laf
Rick

Rick you are using the WRONG LUBE... .

 

[isb360]

We should all be hearing AC/DC in the back of our minds... .

 

[Jefff929]

I have only stuck them in dry a couple of times. :-laf



I prefer a little clean grease.

 

[Buffalo]

Grease Drying-up on Ball

I used to use Mystic JT-6 Multi- Purpose, High Temp Grease on the towing ball until I had a ball loosen up on a trip from Phoenix to Terre Haute, IN. for a Scheid Diesel Extravaganza event. I pulled over in TH & lifted the trailer tongue to tighten the ball. I was surprised to notice that the grease had dried up & turned into a black, clay like substance.



After this experience, I went to an RV dealer & bought a 4 oz. container of Towpower by Reese, hitch ball lube, part #58117. It says on the jar that it is:

*White grease

*Odorless

*Non-toxic

*Will Not Break Down

*Reduces Friction

*Superior Lubricant

and, Made in USA.



I've used this product for a number of years, now, and it seems to work much better than the grease I was using. I've never noticed the black, dry clay-like substance on the ball since I changed.



Have any of you noticed this with your grease? If so, you may want to try the Towpower product. However, the white grease (probably the same product) in the areosol can may do just as well & be easier to apply.



Thanks for the recommendation of brake cleaner for cleaning up the ball. I've been using WD-40 & it does not do a great job but, is better than nothing.



Joe F.

 

[HCannon]

Yea, I have to grease my own. If I dont, the horrible noise will make you do it. The first time that it happen it took a while to find what was going on.