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I've sprayed blaster rust lube in the small gaps and after two days soak tried knocking it out with a small heavy hammer and its still not breaking free.
Ideas??
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Soak it in PB blaster for days, spray it twice a day for a week. Then heat. If possible, hit it with a propane torch and then beat it with a large hammer. If you can get at it from both ends, try that.
Hook it to a really heavy trailer or tie the trailer to a tree. Use the jeep to pull it out. You talking about the receiver or the ball coming out of the receiver?
Hook a log chain to it and snap it like a whip. May take a bunch of tries before it works. Used to pull stuck axles like that. Works kind of like a slide hammer.
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We had a ball mount get rusted tight in a receiver at work on one of our 1 ton trucks. That truck regularly towed a flat trailer with a bobcat on it so the heavy trailer thing wasn't going to work. We beat that thing with a sledge hammer for 20 minutes in all directions and put a propane rosebud on it and got the receiver cherry red on the bottom. We tried prying it with a round pry bar through the receiver pin hole.
This is a maintenance shop with a half dozen guys who fix stuff for a living and we surrendered and let it stay where it was.
Hook it to a really heavy trailer or tie the trailer to a tree. Use the jeep to pull it out. You talking about the receiver or the ball coming out of the receiver?
The Receiver
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We had a ball mount get rusted tight in a receiver at work on one of our 1 ton trucks. That truck regularly towed a flat trailer with a bobcat on it so the heavy trailer thing wasn't going to work. We beat that thing with a sledge hammer for 20 minutes in all directions and put a propane rosebud on it and got the receiver cherry red on the bottom. We tried prying it with a round pry bar through the receiver pin hole.
This is a maintenance shop with a half dozen guys who fix stuff for a living and we surrendered and let it stay where it was.
Not good
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I never leave mine in unless I'm using it. Mostly because I've smacked my shin against it and possible theft even with a lock. Plus the stainless ones are a bit cleaner sitting behind the seat. Bet this would lock up real good with the dissimilar metals.
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Lots of good ideas. I’ve recently started using a product called Free All…I like it better than PB Blaster. Just curious….I’ve never had a hitch rust in like that. Is this a northern issue from salt on the roads??
Just looked up this video , different method , but makes sense. Short 2:26 , crummy background music , and I would not use a Pyrex glass pan , but it looks like it works with much less effort.
If trying to power pull it by attaching to a tree, use a tow strap with some stretch. It will give a compound pull. Doing this pull with a chain or cable is a hard on the vehicle and dangerous.
If trying to power pull it by attaching to a tree, use a tow strap with some stretch. It will give a compound pull. Doing this pull with a chain or cable is a hard on the vehicle and dangerous.
What I was thinking, gives a little spring to it, sometimes equals a 2 for 1 pull! Although, I would suggest you find another "reciever" tube and reweld it in, or scarf (relief cut(can be done with grinder, or torch)) down each side and heat, beat, and repeat; then reweld it together! All depends on your confidence, ability, and availability of tools required. Good luck!
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Some guys will surely disagree with me, but this WILL work: Forget lube/spray, you're past that point. Obviously, be careful with the gas tank, but get it HOT, glowing all around,if you can't yank/drive it out,re-heat it and have the garden hose ready. Quench that sucker! Steam will penetrate places you can't imagine. BTW,I have lots of experience with rusty junk, LOL.
I got home from fishing one day pulling a boat trailer. I unhooked trailer, then some days later I needed the hitch ball for my other truck. I went to pull the pin, but it was gone! Some jack wad stole it at the boat ramp and left me bad. they could have got somebody killed. I couldn't figure out why I didn't lose the trailer on the way up the ramp or on the way home. Found out quick enough when I couldn't pull it out. I ended up applying propane torch heat to the receiver to make the metal expand and make the hole bigger. The hitch came out then. It doesn't take all that much heat, and yes, the gas tank was right there.
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For what is worth, if someone else is having this problem they hitch is made of pretty soft metal and a reciprocating saw with a good metal blade can cut the hitch out. I had one that wouldnt budge and that what I ended up doing.
I guess people who tow stuff all the time leave the hitch in place. With road salt here they will get welded in like that. I take the hitch out and leave it in a bucket of black oil since I only use it off and on when needed. .
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Now that you got that out. Take either flap disc or heavy wire wheel to it. When I did one mine the hard part was cleaning receiver pocket. Got a big straight file and scrubbed it out with that. I tried doing the grease thing tovost them. But I do swap mine enough I don't like the mess handling them with grease. So I sprayed in a bunch of Rust-Oleum in pocket and on the hitch. I keep better eye on them now too.
be especially funny if you got pulled over and the cop stepped up on the step to look in your bed as he cam up to the back of the truck then told you that your hitch needed to be put away as it was not in use , and you were like but you just used it they likely wouldn't have a sense of humor about that
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I just found out recently that its illegal in Alberta to leave them in when not in use!
Don't feel bad. It is illegal to use bungie cords to tie down a ladder on a vehicle in NJ. You have to use rope , wire , etc. But no bungie cords even if is secure with rope.
Bud of mine lived there. His ladders rattled like crazy , could not add a bungie cord to keep them quiet
Police look for out of state people who are unaware to write them tickets.
For those that run into this in the future I found it was best to remove the ball and reinstall it upside down. Makes it much easier to hit with a 12lb sledge. A little heat helped as well. A big coarse file inside the receiver will remove the flake rust. Paint both after removing rust and grease them when installing.
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