Ironman03R
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I'm building a hitch mounted bed crane out of and old engine hoist and now that its almost done I have a problem. Once you load it, the pivot binds and wont turn unless someone hangs off the back and someone else pulls the boom. I've polished the tubes, greased it, and installed a large tapper bearing in the top of the pivot so all the weight rides on that bearing. I also tried to spread the weight out with a piece of 1/2 steel and 2 jack stands that helped but its still not what I want.
Anyone have sugestions on what could be done to help keep this from binding?
Anyone have sugestions on what could be done to help keep this from binding?