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Fastway Trailer Hitch Ball Cover with Tether - 2-5/16" Ball
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Fastway Trailer Hitch Ball Cover with Tether - 2-5/16" Ball
Part Number: FA82-00-3216
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$13.51
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Fastway Accessories and Parts - FA82-00-3216
- Trailer Hitch Ball
- Ball Cover
- 2-5/16 Inch Ball
- Fastway
Shield your hitch ball from the elements and keep messy grease from getting everywhere at the same time. This durable, weather-resistant cover guards your hitch ball when it's not in use and hangs from it while you tow.
Features:
- Protects trailer hitch ball from the elements when you're not towing
- Keeps hitch ball grease on the ball where it belongs
- Hangs from ball while you tow so you won't lose cover
- Built-in tether wraps around ball during installation so all you have to do to tow is pop the cover off
- Constructed of durable, weather-resistant rubber
- Installs quickly and easily - just slip over hitch ball
- Integrated fins and tabs help grip ball
- Fits 2-5/16" trailer hitch balls
- Made in the USA
82-00-3216 Fast Way Tethered Hitch Ball Cover - 2-5/16" Ball
Video of Fastway Trailer Hitch Ball Cover with Tether - 2-5/16" Ball
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Video Transcript for Comprehensive Review: Fastway Trailer Hitch Ball Cover with Tether
Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at this Fastway Trailer Hitch Ball Cover with the tether for a two and five sixteenths diameter hitch ball. Now this cover will help protect your trailer hitch ball from the elements when you're not towing. Helps keep the hitch ball grease on the ball where it belongs. And what's nice, this'll hang from the ball while you're towing, so you won't lose the cover. Has this built-in tether here that'll wrap around the ball during installation.
So all you have to do is pop the cover off and then it'll hang in place. This is constructed of a nice durable weather resistant rubber. And it does install very quickly and easily. You just slip it over the hitch ball. The integrated fins on the inside and these tabs here help grip the ball, help hold it in place.
And it is designed to fit two and five sixteenths diameter trailer hitch balls. Now I happened to pull one of those hitch balls, just to show you how this would install. So basically what you would do is take your circle portion of the tether here and first put that, stretch this over the ball itself. Once you get that over there, now you can see that it'll just hang in place when you're towing. And when you're not towing, you just take this, push it down over there and it is a nice snug fit.
And once you get it down over the ball, just like that. And now it's protecting it. And again, it stays in place. And then when you're ready to tow, all you have to do is just pry this off. And as I mentioned, as you can see, it is a very snug fit, so you don't have to worry about it bouncing around or flopping.
And then once you get this off the ball, go ahead and hook up your trailer and then just leave that hanging. Simple as that. But that should do it for the review on this Fastway Trailer Hitch Ball Cover with the tether for a two and five sixteenths diameter hitch ball..
Customer Satisfaction Score:
95% were satisfied with this product
5% of customers were not satisfied
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9
151 reviews
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Bryan
10/23/2026
I had 2 of these in 2" I bought from Lakeside Marine when I got my boat. They're nice because you don't have to get grease everywhere, just pull them off and slide them back on let them hang when using.
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Chris
05/19/2026
Great ball cover! Keeps you from getting grease on your pants legs and is always there because of the tether. They do wear out, but that is to be expected.
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Vicki
04/26/2026
The Hitch ball cover works great until the strap breaks. It lasted a number of years before this happened.
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Braden
08/14/2026
Keep the grease from rubbing off on my pants after I disconnect.
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Randy
10/03/2024
Fits perfectly on my goose ball hitch. Will be nice not to get grease on everything I put in the bed of the truck!
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Vincent
10/04/2026
Great product. Just what I needed.
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John
08/26/2026
Easy to install and fits well
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Melvin
09/15/2026
Works great
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Bob
08/15/2026
Works just as expected.
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Rick
04/28/2026
I like it a lot. It covers the ball and all I have to do is just let it dangle when I’m towing. It’s awesome.
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Dean
09/29/2019
Fastway ball covers fit well and the tether is a great idea, don't have to find something to wrap it in and a place to store it until your done towing. The ball mount bag is another great idea, but use the ball cover so you don't get grease inside the bag.
Dean S.
9/30/2020
Excellent
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Patricia
03/30/2026
Quality excellent
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Holly
11/26/2025
I always seem to brush up against the greasy ball, this works perfect to keep my clothes clean.
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David
05/16/2025
Keeps dirt off the hitch and grease off your clothes!
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Barry
10/05/2020
just what i expected, fits well and does what it's intended to do. i'm more impressed with e trailer's communication and fast shipping
Barry S.
10/6/2021
still working fine, l i really like the band that keeps it there where you need it.
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Donald
10/28/2025
Very good fit and last a long time
by:
Great Trailer Hitch Ball Cover
03/13/2014
The trailer hitch cover works like it should. I like that it attaches with an extra band around the ball so when you take the top off it dangles so you can't lose it. It also has rubber sections that close the bottom so less dirt and mud can get onto the ball. Looks very easy to clean if needed...just rinse off. Happy customer.
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Kim
11/18/2025
This is our 2nd one. Thentether tore in the 1st one. So we bought a back up this time
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David
05/07/2025
fits securely. the attachment strap broke pretty early so I store the cover inside when towing.
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Bob
07/30/2019
Most hitch ball covers are designed by people who do not know how their product should work.
Using other covers with a tight fit bottom simply wipes the grease off of the ball and onto the bottom of the cover making more of a mess, and where do you store it?
Someone who designed this cover actually took the time to realize what is required and maybe used the product.
Using other covers with a tight fit bottom simply wipes the grease off of the ball and onto the bottom of the cover making more of a mess, and where do you store it?
Someone who designed this cover actually took the time to realize what is required and maybe used the product.
by:
Gene L.
03/05/2017
Easy to install. Covers the ball completely and will keep you from getting grease on your pants by bumping into it. Plus it will keep your hitch ball from rusting. If the hitch ball has a little bit of grease on it the retainer ring will slip on easily.
by:
sdef
09/18/2015
The best ball cover I have seen and I will order a few more in the future for my 2" balls, which this also fits. Most of the covers are a flexible plastic and this one is more like rubber. I purchased this one solely due to the retention strap so the cover stays with the ball in use or in storage. This cover fits my 2 5/16" balls snugly and my 2" balls okay.
Inside the cover where it slips over the ball, there are two methods of keeping the cover on the ball; 1) three vertical ribs from bottom to top and 2) five petals spread around the bottom. On my 2 5/16" balls, the petals contact the grease as it slides over the balls and tends to spread a small amount of grease onto the ball mount assembly, which just creates more of a potential, future mess possibly, in my storage bag. I removed the petals and the cover still fits well in a static test. Time will tell how this mod works in practice going down the road with the cover in place over the ball, which I think the petals are designed to help retain. I will not remove the petals on the balls for my weight distributing head assembly since that is not stored in a bag.
Inside the cover where it slips over the ball, there are two methods of keeping the cover on the ball; 1) three vertical ribs from bottom to top and 2) five petals spread around the bottom. On my 2 5/16" balls, the petals contact the grease as it slides over the balls and tends to spread a small amount of grease onto the ball mount assembly, which just creates more of a potential, future mess possibly, in my storage bag. I removed the petals and the cover still fits well in a static test. Time will tell how this mod works in practice going down the road with the cover in place over the ball, which I think the petals are designed to help retain. I will not remove the petals on the balls for my weight distributing head assembly since that is not stored in a bag.
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Dean
09/25/2018
The cap fits just fine, should do an excellent job of keeping dirt and rain out of plug. It's too bad the cat got to it before I had a chance to install it, and chewed the tether ring in two. Have not used ball cover yet but fits well.
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Jeff
08/02/2019
Great product. Used both the 2 inch and 2 5/16 to cover balls that were greased. The design works, staying on the ball and not removing the grease when taking them off and on.
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view full answer... - Rubber Hitch Ball Cover Recommendation for 2-5/16 inch Hitch BallFor a 2-5/16 inch hitch ball we do have rubber hitch covers like the Fastway part # FA82-00-3216 which would work well. The cover has a tether on it as well that keeps it from getting lost when there is a trailer hooked up to it.
view full answer... - Will Fastway Trailer Hitch Ball Cover # FA82-00-3216 Whip Around in Wind When Not Attached to BallWhen you are towing with the # FA82-00-3216 and you have the cap off it would not whip around in the wind as the amount of wind at the rear of a vehicle is much less significant than at the front.
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Randy
10/4/2025
1 year of ownership and it still works great and has held up to full time rv life!