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Posted: 04/15/12 06:03am

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tadpole2 wrote:

How often do you need to replace this.

This is where you must be VERY careful!

I went to my dealer last September to get a new lube plate and then in November took delivery of our new fiver. It came with a new lube plate. Just saying!

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Posted: 04/15/12 04:22pm

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rockintom wrote:

tadpole2 wrote:

How often do you need to replace this.

Ours finally got loose on the pin and would fall off on every unhook. It went a little over 6 years (~65,000 miles) of FT use.

Actually,if you had of tapped on the ends of the fingers with a ball peen hammer you could of probably went 100,000 mi or more on that disk.

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Posted: 04/15/12 05:08pm

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I only had one disk in 18 years with our one fifth-wheel. Never saw the need to change it, left it on when we sold ours last fall.

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Posted: 04/15/12 05:15pm

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RedRam wrote:

rockintom wrote:

tadpole2 wrote:

How often do you need to replace this.

Ours finally got loose on the pin and would fall off on every unhook. It went a little over 6 years (~65,000 miles) of FT use.

Actually,if you had of tapped on the ends of the fingers with a ball peen hammer you could of probably went 100,000 mi or more on that disk.

Thanks! I'm a bit too anal for such a repair....but I bet it would work fine.

I have heard of disks that split, but I reckon that happens if the trailer is too low when hitching and the disk gets hit more from the side than the flat surface. rockin'

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