[AT] Truck hitch questions

[Ken Knierim]

Hi Joe,
    I'd be careful about grinding down the tube before installation.
If you can get it in there with a sledge you might want to do this. My
reasoning is that when you put a weight on there (from your trailer
load) the rust will soften up and come out of there and if you've
ground it down, it'll be loose when the rust wears out of there.
Sandblasting might be a good option depending on if you can get the
rust out. Following with a shot of paint or grease might be a good
idea too, or just grease the tube and pound it in. You can always pull
it out with a chain hooked to something solid.

Your mileage may vary; I'm in the desert and we don't get much rust on
things except where the sun burns the paint off.

Ken in AZ

On 6/20/07, jahaze at aol.com <jahaze at aol.com> wrote:
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> I have a 2" receiver hitch on my truck. The hitch is 10 years old and hasn't been used much in the past few years since I now have a gooseneck trailer. My problem is despite my best efforts to keep it cleaned out, over the years it has rusted on the inside to the point where I can no longer insert at hitch (without using a sledge hammer). There is isn't any large scale rust, but the inside diameter has "shrunk" enough that I'm trying to decide if I should just replace the whole thing, or grind off my insert to fit the smaller diameter. Has anyone else run it this? What did you do? Maybe I can have someone sandblast the inside for me?
>
> Enjoy, Joe
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