A Fast Hitch Question Lubricant

What type of lubricant have you fellows used on the prongs ( fast hitch prongs) with best results???

I just put some spray graphite on mine and wondering how it will work compared to plain old grease???
 
Use nothing.Grease/'lubricants' will just collect dirt that causes binding,more wear,and of coarse make a mess.
 
Just as delta said nothing. Take a grinder with a wire wheel and make sure the prongs are free of rust scale along with the hitch side as well.

Andrew
 
(quoted from post at 11:59:09 04/21/15) What type of lubricant have you fellows used on the prongs ( fast hitch prongs) with best results???

I just put some spray graphite on mine and wondering how it will work compared to plain old grease???

Never heard of lubing the F-H prongs... we sure never did.
 
You'll be kicking yourself the first time you get a little to close to one of those greasy prongs and leave a big black smear on your brand new work pants.

Like everyone else has said, NO LUBE.

If you are having a hard time getting hitched and unhitched, it's because something is bent.
 
O.K. Understand that but what do you put on them to keep them from rusting-Paint?? but won't that buid up after a while and cause problems
 
If these implements are being used they won't accumulate enough rust to matter , if they sit for long spells I use burnt motor oil on a rag and wipe them as this will last well and comes off the first time you get close to it , basically no lube required , if rusty wire brush.
 
Rust, no rust--the rust will not become thick enough to cause problems, and it will never eat through the iron, at least not in this century, probably not the next one either. The paint will come off. And nothing is worse than handling greasy parts.
 
Look around and see if you can find a can of the stuff they use on plows and such. It is a kind of graphite that looks like paint and then dries. Stuff is not too messy. First clean you points with a wire wheel. Check for dings and little stick out things like metal chips. But as most everyone has said you might have something bent. Measure center to center on the pockets. then measure same on what ever you are hooking up. Should be the same. About three months ago on here someone gave the exact measurement. The only thing we used to do was put a COUPLE of drops of gear oil on the little pivots for the locks.
 
nothing
IMO, a little rust/resistance can be a good thing sometimes.
Especially where you don't want things to bounce/vibrate apart......easy together...easy 'un'together lol

Don't worry about rust hurting those prongs.
Guy stopped by, and asked if I wanted to torch off the
prongs on a scrap plow before he junked it.
Sure, might need them for some project.
Very tough stuff. Took a while, shoulda passed on that offer..
 
Most not ever lubed. Do think I remember in a fast hitch implement or fast hitch book where IH said to grease the prongs every once in a while. If I could only remember which book.
 
Dave, I recently recall seeing that noted in the Operator's Manual for my McCormick No. 11 Fast Hitch Side Delivery Rake in the section titled "Coupling the rake to the Tractor" on page 12. The section reads "Liberally smear the inside of new fast hitch sockets with pressure-gun lubricant". I believe I have seen the same statement associated with other fast hitch implements in their respective Operator's Manuals as well, Hal.
 

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