I’m sure it’s been asked before - how do others protect their towballs? We’re on our second Superb with a retractable towball. I’ve just cleaned it ready to go away. I’d love to know what others do. We’ve tried lots of thing to cover it but as the space is so small, conventional covers don’t work.
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You could try cutting the corner from a disposable shopping bag long enough to place over the towball then to put a strong elastic band over it which will cling to the undercut directly under the towball. There's not much else you can use really because of the restricted space when the towball retracts into position. I use a scourer pad to clean the towball before hitching up because even with a towball cover in place you always get surface dust then I use a brake & clutch cleaner afterwards which cleans the towball surface 100%.
I do the same as agree even with a cover, they rust and get dirty. Was just hoping someone had found a solution to the retractable ones!
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It's funny, my electric retractable one is as clean when I deploy it as the day it gets put away.
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Topic: Keeping towball clean.
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