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Need to put a 2" bike rack or cargo carrier in your 1-1/4" hitch receiver? No worries. Simply insert this adapter and off you go. It cannot get any easier to use and is certainly less expensive than buying another hitch!
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Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (243 Customer Reviews)
Need to put a 2" bike rack or cargo carrier in your 1-1/4" hitch receiver? No worries. Simply insert this adapter and off you go. It cannot get any easier to use and is certainly less expensive than buying another hitch!I bought this for my Thule bike carrier (I have a Suburu Outback and needed a conversion to use my tow hitch with it) I find this product to be extremely well made and effective. This company also offered quick delivey and great follow up. I highly recommend this company and product!
John - 10/22/2022I have a Volvo XC60 with the factory installed retractable 1.25" hitch. I needed a 1.25" to 2" adapter for the Thule XT Pro bike rack I purchased previously for a couple of e-bikes. Many adapters will not, however, fit the Volvo receiver correctly as there is only 1.6" available from the back of the receiver to the receiver hole. The adapters I had found at nearby stores, all required 2 inches. This hitch adapter from etrailer, only requires 1.5" and fits the Volvo receiver perfectly. It also seems to be very well made, very solid and I have not noticed any discernable shake with the adapter pinned to the receiver and the bike rake pinned to the adapter. etrailer also shipped extremely quickly - even faster than I expected with an expedited ship request.
Gary - 06/07/2022Very heavy duty. Will use it with a bike rack I had for another vehicle that had a 2" receiver.
Has worked well, this fits the low weight capacity bike carrier 1 1/4 inch hitch. Not a full capacity 1 1/4 inch full towing hitch. Believe it or not they are different. So get the correct one.
Tom - 12/10/2021Excellent phone service and the part arrived earlier than expected. I really appreciate the quick turnaround from order to delivery. Plus, the part worked exactly as advertised.
Exactly as promised. Working with no problems a year later. Thanks!
The product works great.
Original shipping didn’t include the Class 1 clip, took sometime to get it reshipped.
Otherwise, great to do business with Etrailer. Very helpful.
Thanks,
Rachael H - 07/29/2019 Arthur A - 07/27/2020Part arrived without issue and works perfectly. I would recommend a stronger box in future shipments!!
I order a hitch for my Civic without realizing I could not use the standard bike rack on it. I thought it was going to be a waste of money for the hitch and install. I called and spoke to Hally. She was awesome. She found that part that would work to attach to the hitch, which would allow the bike rack to fit. It works perfectly.
The HTAD Hitch Adapter was purchased to accommodate my 2" bike rack in the
1 1/4" hitch receiver on my new car, dissolving my initial dismay at the size of the freshly-installed hitch. The car salesman knew exactly how to solve the problem and texted your website with this product to me right away. It is well-made and beefy enough for the job. Need met. Happy me.
Helen - 04/13/2019Fits in exactly in my older 1994 Honda lx draw tite hitch no mods needed.... Perfect for the Thule 2 bike bike rack hitch mount....
Joe O - 09/09/2014Fit my new Prius hitch perfectly. Only concern in using one of these adapters is to not overload. I'm pretty confident the whole setup will work fine for the hitch mounted bike rack we already have. No worries.
Mike L - 08/28/2018Product was exactly what I needed and to tell the truth, was quite a bit more heavy duty that I had envisioned. I am very enthusiastic and extremely satisfied with the operation of the company and the product.
Overall fit well into existing hitch. However, with the added rack on the car and the extended distance from the rear, the rack sometimes scrapes going out steep driveways. Would not be a problem with a higher ground clearance car.
Mike L - 04/10/2019I needed this product to adapt a standard Honda 1 1/4 inch hitch to a bike rack with a two inch mounting bar. Ordinarily, the hitch bar might have fit the standard Honda mount, but there was a blocking reinforcement bar under the Honda mount. This mount enables me to conform both the existing and bike rack mounts. Note: I carefully measured hole distances from ends of each mount to be sure it fit, which it does. I have no time to test the mount with the full rack load right now, but it seems to be within specified tolerances.
I am very pleased with my service from etrailer. After I ordered, I got a call from an etrailer rep who advised me that the two parts I ordered would not work together, and she had a ready (and cheaper!) suggestion of an alternative part that made the whole order workable. My order came very fast, even though I didn't use the fastest shipping method.
I was very happy with etrailer's customer service and fast delivery. This 2in adapter was a cheaper alternative than installing a full hitch. Now I attach our bike hitch rack!
I can't believe how much this thing wobbles inside of my hitch, and how much my accessory wobbles inside of it. Two wobbles don't cancel it and I get wobble-wobble. I have yet to use my accessory because that just won't work out. I'm trying to use the Rhino T-Loader so that I can load a kayak on my roof. Paint also chipped off so easily from playing around with installation; I didn't even USE the accessory yet.
For the cost of this chunk of metal, I'd have hoped for better fitment. Most anti-rattle devices only work for securing the accessory-to-hitch end. I'm not quite sure if I can stabilize both ends...
Fits great with the configuration with my bike rack....
Great product at a great price. Installation was easy and took less than an hour even including the time to jack up the car and set jack stands to get room to work.
Note that you do not HAVE to remove and cut the heat shield if you don't want to; however, the hitch can rub against the shield when it is loaded (with a bike rack in my case) and make a minor squeaking noise.
Don't forget to get a stabilizer/anti-wobble/tightener if you're using a bike rack or similar carrier. Depending on your hitch, rack, or adapter there can be a lot of play in it when hitting bumps in the road causing the bike and rack to move around a lot.
Unfortunately I had to return the product because the 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" shaft was not long enough for me to match or mate its pin hole with the pin hole on the hitch. The 2" x 2" portion would hit the bottom of my rear bumper which prevented the 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" shaft from being inserted all the way into the hitch. It would have worked if the pin hole on the 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" shaft could have been inserted about 1/2" more. Looks like I will have to purchase a brand new bike rack since I will not be able to use the 2" x 2" that I now own.
Seems to be a solid product for our purposes. We already had a 2" receiver type bike carrier, but the wife's car can only handle a 1-1/4" hitch. This adapter saved us a good chunk of money on a new bike carrier. It slid in a little tight on the first go, but nothing a little grease couldn't solve. Highly recommended for this type duty. Oh yeah, etrailer.com had what we needed in stock (hitch for a 2010 Malibu LTZ & this adapter) and shipped immediately. Their tracking software was slick, best I've seen.
I've bought from eTrailer several times. Always a great experience. I'd buy from them again and I've recommended them to my friends. Great service on returns. Easy to work with. Thank you,
-Mike
JMike - 01/06/2018I purchased this along with a 1.25" hitch for my Prius so that I could use my hitched mount bike rack. Bridget at etrailer.com was very helpful by making sure that I got that right adapter and getting it to me quickly. I ordered this on a Thursday and got it on the next Monday, free shipping! We just traveled from Ohio to St Augustine Florida with our 2 bikes trouble free.
Carol C. at etrailer was awesome. Somehow the part fell out of the box en route to me and I received an empty cardboard box. Carol immediately agreed to ship a replacement to me and it showed up earlier than estimated. No hassle, terrific customer service. And the part looks strong.
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