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**wingnut60** · 10-30-2016, 07:15 PM

Glad to help. On the ball/shaft in bed--get some PB Blaster rust dissolver and spray liberally all around the ball getting it to go under the flange and down the shaft. Lot of spray, wait about 30 mins, bang on it with a hammer, and try it again. Do you have any way to grab the ball to get leverage on it with a bar of some sort? It is rusted in place.
WD40 prob won't do anything to help, use the PB. Be nice if you had access to an overhead crane/lift/engine lift. Should brake loose with some persuasion.
Joe

Almost forgot--check to be sure the keeper bolt is not in place....there is a bolt of some sort that goes thru the shaft and the release in usually in the driver side wheel well.

10-30-2016, 07:15 PM	#5
wingnut60 Site Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Where we park it Posts: 2,838	Glad to help. On the ball/shaft in bed--get some PB Blaster rust dissolver and spray liberally all around the ball getting it to go under the flange and down the shaft. Lot of spray, wait about 30 mins, bang on it with a hammer, and try it again. Do you have any way to grab the ball to get leverage on it with a bar of some sort? It is rusted in place. WD40 prob won't do anything to help, use the PB. Be nice if you had access to an overhead crane/lift/engine lift. Should brake loose with some persuasion. Joe Almost forgot--check to be sure the keeper bolt is not in place....there is a bolt of some sort that goes thru the shaft and the release in usually in the driver side wheel well. __________________ 2016 Tiffin 40 QBH 2015 38RSSA, traded 2005 TK3 #1869, 10 yrs of memories, 2017 F450 KR--one more Ford is it 2009 F450 4x4-died; 2010 F450-retired