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  1. 19th September 2013, 06:56 AM #1
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    D2 tow ball removal

    Hi all i'm just about to purchase a camper trailer that has a off road poly block,so i need to remove my tow ball but there is the two pieces of steel that come down each side of the nut making it hard to turn a spanner,any ideas on the best way to remove the ball. thanks jamie
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  2. 19th September 2013, 09:38 AM #2
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    spanner would be the only way, there are special ones you can get from superrepco for the job.
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  3. 19th September 2013, 11:37 AM #3
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    Just did mine used a socket on the nut and a pipe wrench on the ball
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    33mm ring spanner or socket and bar, with a plumbers wrench if the ball turns

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    And if none of that works. Just cut the ball off with a grinder.

    Another option is leave the tow ball as is and buy another tongue and fit the Trig stlye hitch to that. Thats what my dad and I do. Easier to change the tongue than to change the ball.
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  6. 19th September 2013, 09:34 PM #6
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    I cant help you get it off as it is, but I had the same problem.
    Once i got the ball removed, i p[laced a second spring washer under the nut. This then allowed one of those tow ball spanners from Super Cheap to gain enough purchase to remove and refit at any time.

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