Trailer ball mount upgrade

**Frank S** · Apr 11, 2022, 08:21 PM

Are you kidding me? My partner brought over his small trades show trailer that I made for him nearly 8 years ago to have the bearings repacked before going to Connecticut in a couple of weeks. The only reason he brought it over was because I had asked when was the last time the bearings had been repacked. 8 years ago he said.
When he showed up I noticed the tongue of the trailer was about 4 to 5 inches too high.
You need a drop hitch adapter for this thing. yeah I thought it was way too high in the front.
So while I clean repack replace the seals and the spindle nut keepers he heads to town to buy a drop hitch and a ball.
He returns with a ball that has a 3/4" shank and a drop adapter with a 1" hole. This was all they had he said. No problem I'll just make a bushing for it I told him.
Simple right? Just saw off a piece of the 3/4 ID 1" tubing I have in stock I thought.
NOOOOOO, nothing is ever that simple any more, the hole was a punched hole through 3/4" thick material causing it to have over .100" taper or 1.145" diameter on the bottom and 1.022" at the top. So I made a tapered bushing