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    like anything it is a maintenance thing for me...

    i clean the ball and socket regularly

    personally i think the dust in the grease problem to be a bit of a furphy as it's been my experience the lube is pushed to the edges and any dust gathers there, away from the wear zone.

    i drive a few dirt roads and have never seen extra wear but i can see it could / would become an issue if you didnt do regular maintenance.

    it makes for quieter driving as well in my experience.
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    like anything it is a maintenance thing for me...

    i clean the ball and socket regularly

    personally i think the dust in the grease problem to be a bit of a furphy as it's been my experience the lube is pushed to the edges and any dust gathers there, away from the wear zone.

    i drive a few dirt roads and have never seen extra wear but i can see it could / would become an issue if you didnt do regular maintenance.

    it makes for quieter driving as well in my experience.
    This.

    I always kept the ball greased on the Patrol/horse towing vehicle and at the time there was 6km of dirt before hitting the bitumen.
    That car used to clock up 5,000km in 3 weeks towing and keeping the ball greased just kept things quiet and smooth.

    The ex FIL used to use the sane grinding paste argument for not servicing the cattle crush, but as I was the one using it I always greased and oiled it, it just made my life easier when putting near 300 head through the yards.

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    Dry Graphite only IF at all. Grease / oil / sticky lube of any kind is just a carrier for silica (sand/dust) to build up and form a nice grinding paste.

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    Never used any, never had an issue. Hitch is fine, towball is fine. It’s not like they are high speed movin parts
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    I think he means this...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don 130 View Post
    I've always understood that putting anything oily/greasy on the tow ball will cause dust to accumulate in it making grinding paste which works on both ball and interior of hitch. I leave mine dry.
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    Mc Hitch strongly recommend no lube at all on their tow "ball"

    I generally use spray on Dri lube or equivalent on everything at the back of the car( D2) like hinges locks rear door guides and towball.

    This has been successful in that I have never had a jammed rear lock. The result on the McHitch was not conclusive as it tended to peel off so I don't use anything now.
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    It is bad enough when you hit your shins on the towball and wiping grease off your strides/legs as well is just adding insult to injury.
    As for keeping it quiet, If your coupling is noisy then you most likely have a problem that grease won't fix anyway.
    The grinding paste theory holds water if you are doing a lot of sand work or other areas that have silica or hard rock dust, old fashioned bulldust is too powdery to do much damage one would think.
    Lastly you own a Landrover that usually leaks fluids over the driveway so why on earth would you want to cover the arse end in grease as well?
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