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Hi there. I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a quick look at the replacement 2- 5/16 inch hitch ball. This is designed to replace the hitch ball on your Curt Securelatch combination pencil hitch. So you can see it's the exact same thing as the fall on your Pinto hitch. So if you've lost or damaged that ball, this is going to be the replacement that you need to make that… see more >

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