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    Posted: 09 Mar 06 at 5:16pm

All,

The hitch on my road base has completly seized up over winter to the point that once I had got it on the car I almost couldnt get it off.  Can someone advise me of the best place to buy a new hitch?
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From the makers of your trailer would be the best bet, but will WD40 solve the problem? I'm sure there was a thread on WD40, once?
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I have covered it in wd40, prolube all the things that should make it work but it is compltly shot to bits
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Any good towbar fitter will be able to sell you a hitch.If they can't then they will know someone who can (where are you?)there is a trailor manufacturer  in Huntingdon and my village that I could pm their numbers to you,but i don't know if they do mail order.
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Originally posted by Olly4088

I have covered it in wd40, prolube all the things that should make it work but it is compltly shot to bits


Broken things always fall into 3 catagories:

WD40 type.
Ductape type.
Hammer type.

If all the above fail: It aint worth fixing.
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Originally posted by Isis



WD40 type.
Ductape type.
Hammer type.

If all the above fail: It aint worth fixing.


i think thats slightly wrong

always try fixing things in this order

 wd40

hammer

once it is worse than you started with try duck tape!
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depending on where you are...use the yellow pages or..

www.towsure.co.uk

If you are near Cambridge there are q few I could recommend but if not then use the above. Most of them are generic just make sure you get the right size hitch for the ball you have on your motor.

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indespension is a chain of trailer makers and parts sellers, cheap but quality products. we bought all of the stuff my bro needed for his GCSE tech project there and it was all very reasonable.(he built a trailer to carry a 185cc go cart)
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Actually WD40 isn't that great at seized things. A good penetrating oil is much better. Even straight auto diesel is better than WD40.
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Originally posted by JimC

Actually WD40 isn't that great at seized things. A good penetrating oil is much better. Even straight auto diesel is better than WD40.


But it comes in a squirty can so whilst it looses points on usefullness, it gains them on ammusing stunt compatability
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