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  • Turning Point Pin Box Bearing Lube

    My Turning Point pin box does not move by hand. I guess that is not good. I am going to tackle the lube job this weekend. (that is supposed to be an annual service) There are almost no videos on the service. The best info I have seen was a write on the GD Reflection Facebook page. The guy mentioned that he could not drop/pivot the pin box down on the back bolts like Lippert recommends. It looks like that would work with my pin box. Has anyone done this lube service this way? What happens next.... if you do pivot it down? Seams if you remove the large pivot nut, then the whole pin box would fall!?!

    If you have done this lube service I would love some feedback. Pictures or video would be much better

  • #2
    Hope you get replies soon. I’m in the same boat. I can it by hand but who knows if it was lined properly when new. Now two years old. My dealer didn’t know how to install the wedge so I have low confidence they know how to take on this job. Plus I want the rig back in less than three months. Sure seems like a zerk fitting would have been a better design

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Jnick View Post
      Hope you get replies soon. I’m in the same boat. I can it by hand but who knows if it was lined properly when new. Now two years old. My dealer didn’t know how to install the wedge so I have low confidence they know how to take on this job. Plus I want the rig back in less than three months. Sure seems like a zerk fitting would have been a better design
      Definitely should have been a zerk. I got some good ideas from a couple of FB groups.
      Last edited by howson; 04-09-2022, 04:04 PM. Reason: Edited promotion of own channel. Howard (Moderator)

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      • #4
        Here is an OK video except he did not preload the bearing as Lippert mentions in the manual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=914q32YQSn0

        If I was doing it, I would lock it into my hitch and the put a jack under the back to hold it up, then unbolt.

        Good luck
        Keith
        2018 Reflection 150 Series 220RK 5th whee, Star White 2022 F350 King Ranch CC Long bed (HAL) (CCC 4062lbs), B&W 25K OEM Companion,. SteadyFast system, Trailer reverse lights, rear receiver spare tire holder, storage tube, sumo springs, Victron MultiPlus 12/120/3000, Solar, Custom 6K axles upgrade, and other modifications.

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        • #5
          Im new here. On year 2 of a 150 series. I have a B&W companion with a ford shirt bed so I want to keep using this pinbox. I haven’t managed to take it down for the maintenance. It’s heavy. I would swap for the morryde but that’s another 1200.00. Seems silly to not be able to just grease this thing. I was going to hitch up and then remove pressure from the hitch and unbolt it and leave it in the bed but I have reservations about that too. Anyone figure out an easy way to do this. I was going to lower it on just the 2 back bolts but there is just no way that the bearing is going to just come off of the shaft with it still engaged. Slight lateral force on it and it’s stuck. This really is a bad design.

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          • #6
            Regarding lube intervals for the Lippert Turning Point pin box​: What little maintenance info is available on the Turning Point, casually states: “Check bearing and grease once per season.” It takes a DIY owner the better part of a day to disassemble the pin box and introduces risk in doing so. Through an authorized dealer, this will cost an owner 3 hrs. in labor just to check if grease is needed. My 2021 Reflection owner's manual, rev 04.2021, echos the same annual service interval for "Hitch/Coupler."

            I just spoke with Pat at Lippert’s Towing/Hitch Dept. for clarification. He explained that Lippert, realizing this was an issue with the 1st Generation castle nut that is positioned on the top, has moved to a 2d Generation design with the castle nut on the bottom, requiring much less time to inspect and service. He also explained trying to add a zerk grease fitting would weaken the 1st Generation Turning Point. My 2021 Reflection was fitted with a 1st Generation Turning Point and is now considered “old technology.”

            I was transferred to Lippert Parts who gave me part # 2020131232 for the 2nd Gen Turning Point and quoted a replacement cost of $1,480 + $185 freight. I asked the parts contact if Lippert would consider a good-faith discount program for customers who have owned the 1st generation model for less than 2 years and got nowhere.

            This leaves customers with a 3-hour labor fee each year just to learn whether-or-not the Turning Point needs service. Picking a random inspection interval – 3 years, 4 years or 5 feels unsafe. At the least, Lippert should publish a more specific maintenance procedure and interval for the "old version" rather than – as I was told – “When the gap behind the swing arm gets “too big,” it needs service. (!)

            Only Lippert Turning Point YouTube I've found: Ask A Tech Ep 16 Turning Point Pin Box - Bing video

            Last edited by Country Campers; 11-05-2022, 12:43 PM. Reason: set font to standard

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            • #7
              Chip Lohman -- good information in your first post! I hope you'll check out the Welcome Letter to New Members and that we'll see more posts from you in the future. Link to the letter is here: https://gdrvowners.com/forum/main-fo...to-new-members

              Howard (Moderator)
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