Falcon 2 Arm Sticking

[bsnolt]

I have a Roadmaster Falcon 2 tow bar and the 1 arm sticks, I have tried silicon and WD 40. The last time it stuck we used a golfcart to open it. Any hints on lubricating? The WD 40 I probably should not used and stay with a dry lubricant

[Elkhartjim]

WD-40 is not a lubricate. Blue Ox recommends removing the rubber sleeve, cleaning the arm and applying a light coat of multipurpose grease.

[chasfm11]

A sticking Falcon2 arm may not be a problem that lubrication will solve. Roadmaster recommends periodic maintenance with silicone spray. I would try that and see if I could feel any binds while you manually extend and retract the arm (I'm assuming that it is the piston and not one of the joints.) Our Falcon2 arms slide easily in and out with just one hand and hardly any effort. If yours isn't, I'd call Roadmaster and see what they have to say.

[wcombs34]

I have the same problem with one arm not releasing, I called Road Master told me I need a release bar, 35 dollars.

[rsflight]

Our Falcon 5250 towbar had rust scale build up inside the arms that caused the arms to be stubborn at times. Silicone helped. I finally took it all a part, scraped it clean, and reassembled it. That fixed it. Roadmaster has posted rebuild instructions, that I used.

[Gary RVRoamer]

The "release bar" tool is for pushing down the release button when the towbar is under load. It has nothing to do with sticking arms.

If the clean and lubricate described previously doesn't fix it, it is possible the arm is slightly bent and will have to be repalced.