Lubricate Safety Chains

[Dennis Graham]

Under the Grab Bag for the Annual Maintenance Checklist the contributor Mark Hoffman notes you should lubricate the safety chains. How or with what do you lubricate the safety chains?

>>Dennis

 

[Mark Hofman]

Dennis:



I made a mistake on the checklist, and its corrected now. On some styles of safety chains, the connection to the hitch is made with a closed, rather than open, hook. Once the hook is in place, a second piece screws up to close off the gap. It is important to spray these with WD-40 or some other type of lubricant to keep the screw piece from rusting and freezing either open or (worse yet) closed.



I also spray the entire length of chain with WD-40 just to deter the chains from rusting.



MOFish (Mark Hofman)

 

[Greg Meyer]

BTW, that is a great list.