Cleaning Weld Nuts for Trailer Hitch Installation

Demonstration of Removing Corrosion

Okay as you can see here on the drivers side, our weld nut has a lot of corrosion built up in there. And when we try to install our 10 millimeter bolt is not wanting to start at all, in fact it almost seems like the bolt is too big for the weld nut. It is a common misconception, again when the weld nuts got a lot of build up in there.

To go ahead and clean that out we are going to use a spray lubricant like a WD-40. Go ahead and soak that up, let it sit for a second. Then you can take a wire brush, I am actually using the top of a battery terminal cleaner here. And just run that in there a few times, what that is going to do is help loosen up all that debris and road grim that is in there. Then repeat that process a few times until you have that all nice and loosened up. Then you can go ahead and take our bolt now, we just need to get it started, see I just got the thread started there now, and just take our ratchet and run it in and out a few times. That will help further clean it out. That is going to make our installation much easier.

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