Siezed Hayman Reece Towball Sleeve Update
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:12
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Member - TonyG (Qld)
Hi All,
First up, a big thanks to all who gave me advice on fixing siezed towball problem.
We managed to fix as follows:
- Mate & I reversed our 2 cars to each other.
- We both removed the towball & chained to each hayman reece bar with d-shackles & chain through towball hole.
- Initially took up slack in chain & tried to do slow take off to remove sleeve, but no good.
- Had to reverse car to slacken chain, then go the pull the sleeve out.
-So all ended
well & thanks to all.
I could not believe how much sand / mud had wedged into
the gap between the sleeve & hayman reece square section frame.
So a good grind, clean, prime, paint & grease to the sleeve and all is
well.
Luckily this was not to painful.
So once again, thanks to all
TonyG
Reply By: samsgoneagain - Sunday, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:48
Sunday, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:48
you should put it back in 'dry' cause oil and greas will hold the sand and stuff in there. use graphite powder maybe, or nothing at all.
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Reply By: Member - Clive G (NZ) - Sunday, Apr 29, 2007 at 15:32
Sunday, Apr 29, 2007 at 15:32
Tony.
Had a similar problem with my H/Reece hitch over here in NZ. Had the hitch hot dipped galvanised which fixed the problem. Need to drill two holes about 6mm dia in the 20mm thick tongue to let the galv flow through the RHS to galv the inside. As suggested put it back dry so the sand /dust can rattle out.
CliveG (NZ)
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Follow Up By: Dalb - Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:41
Monday, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:41
G'day all,
Members may be interested to know the cause of my Hayman Reece (Ford) hitch jamming.
Mine has a little bolt on the top corner of the hitch - the bolt does not hold the hitch together but is probably there to stop the tongue from rattling in the sleeve. Anyway, this bolt was either too tightly done up, or maybe too loose, and it cause a little hole to form in the tongue. Around the edge of this hole a raised edge had formed that prevented the tongue from being removed. The tongue was eventually removed by some very spirited hammering from the rear.
If you have this sort of hitch I suggest you drill a small hole or indent for the bolt to
seat into.
Cheers Dalb
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