Posted by Dan in North Houston on February 13, 2011 at 16:25:38 from (76.31.253.54):
In Reply to: 4020 3 pt hitch posted by Mark Gundrum on February 13, 2011 at 02:53:36:
After I finally got my lift arms free (took a 36" pipe wrench), I found problems with the threads on the male end of one side. There is about a 2" section where the treads are worn / stripped / corroded down to where they jump. Quick solution is to not screw it down to where that portion would be near the threads in the female end. Long term solution was to watch ebay for several months until I found a replacement. The replacement was frozen up too, but the 36" pipe wrench solved that problem again.
I don"t know what caused the problem, as one side of mine were perfect - assuming it was the same age as the bad side.
You suspect that the threads are bad on the female end. Is yours froze up completely?
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