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Old 11-30-2019, 08:00 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by chuckster57 View Post
If you stay hitched to the tow vehicle, lift the tongue as high as it will go. That should remove the pressure and allow the bars to come off with very little effort. Then just lower the tongue, unlock the hitch and lift off the ball.

Hooking up, lock onto the ball, lift as high as it will go, install bars and then lower the tongue.

That's exactly the process I followed. Now unhooked, hitch is in the truck upside down for access to the bolts for lube. Put bars in and can just barely move them. Doesn't seem quite right. I know that friction is an integral part of the design but this seems extreme.
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