Removing greasless 5th wheel plate

It's teflon, and I can't imagine the replacement parts are that expensive. My guess is it wouldn't work too well without the pads in place. Not to mention the jaw alignment will be off if it drops by however thick the plates are.

Actually now that I think about it they could just be HDPE. It's pretty common in lots of industries. Basically milk bottle plastic.

 

I would think you can just put the bolts in and counter sink them if they are not already. If you do that you should use some lock tight on the bolts so they do not back out on you. I would also say that the DOT is not gonna look at your 5th wheel either so it should be fine either way.

 

What do you mean trashed? It's plastic. You just don't have to worry about it. Grease doesn't hurt it.

 

We have those on our Hollands. Boss specs the trucks like that. But still have to put a couple squirts of grease on it. I'd replace the pad and roll on rather than the whole plate.

 

Those pads are serviceable. Simply change them. Grease doesn’t hurt them.

 

Last plate I had a plastic (hdpe?)plate bolted over top and now I have a Teflon plate . I still like grease on it. Doesn't have to be a lot but some. Especially on that plastic bolt on plate. It would bind up a bit if it was completely dry

 

Replace the pads and run it... Grease dont hurt them a bit.

I swapped trailers 3 to 5 times a week for 5 years, used 2 sets of pads in that time... They went on white and came off black... Both time they needed replaced because they caught and rolled up while picking up low dropped or sunken trailers, other wise they were still servicable.

 

Did someone try this ?
Minimizer Slick Disk
looks like it goes to trailer not to 5th wheel …