Use this anti-rattle clamp to keep your hitch-mounted accessory from rattling and wobbling in your receiver. Tightening the 2 bolts pulls the accessory shank against the hitch wall, keeping it stable and quiet. Durable steel construction.
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Today we're going to be taking a look at the MaxxTow Anti-Rattle Clamp. This is designed for 2" trailer hitch receivers. The part number is MT70258. To start off we're going to head out to the test course with just a standard cargo carrier loaded down with 200 pounds. As you can see as we head though the slalom there's some side-to-side movement with our carrier. You can imagine once the capacity we're to get up closer to 300, 400, or 500 pounds, how much movement we'd actually have side-to-side. It may give you a sensation of movement inside the truck, which might not be comfortable.
When we get to our bumps you can see how far that carrier actually moves up and down, generating a lot of noise and a lot of stress. Now we'll head back through the test course with our clamp in place. As you can see, that side-to-side movement is literally a thing of the past. We're not going to have to worry about that weight transfer side-to-side, and feeling it in the vehicle. As we get on our bumps look at what a difference we have here. A lot less noise, and a lot less up and down movement.
This will keep our cargo from being bounced around, and jostled around too much. To do our installation you'll see we're going to place the shank of our cargo carrier into our hitch, and we secure it with our clip. You can see the movement and play that currently exists there, that's not something that we want heading down the road, especially if we're transporting heavy items. What we'll do is slide our MaxxTow clamp right up to the face of our receiver tube, and then we're going to tighten up the two bolts here at the bottom. As we do this our two bolts are going to come up, and they're going to make contact with the bottom of our hitch, see there. We're going to use 5/8 wrench, and we want to tighten those bolts down, get them nice and snug. Sometimes tightening one is going to loosen the other, so you want to make sure you go back and forth. Then we can take our jam nuts, we're going to thread those right up to the bottom, and that does a great job of locking these bolts out, so they won't move in and out.
As you can see now, we've got a really nice solid fit. We don't have any movement in our connection point here. This works out great for cargo carriers, for bike racks, whatever it is that you want to use. The thing I like about the system is that we're not fighting gravity, or anything like that. The carrier naturally is going to want to be down as far as it can be in our receiver tube.
This does a great job of holding it in place. We're not going to have that bouncing that we're used to. We've all seen those cargo carriers going down the road bouncing up and down, you thought for sure something was going to fall out of them. This is going to eliminate that movement, both up and down and side-to-side. You can see the clamp itself. This is going to have a nice corrosion resistant finish to it, just like our bolts, so we're not going to have to worry about a bunch of corrosion and things like that. As you can see here now all that movement that we had, it's going to be a thing of the past. This is also going to help to reduce noise that we get out of the cargo carriers. A lot of times they can be pretty noisy as we're heading down the road. This ramp, it creates a little bit of noise, but as for the carrier itself, nice and quiet. Now that we've seen what a great improvement's been made that's going to complete our look at the MaxxTow Anti-Rattle Clamp for 2" receiver hitches, part number MT70258.
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (105 Customer Reviews)
Use this anti-rattle clamp to keep your hitch-mounted accessory from rattling and wobbling in your receiver. Tightening the 2 bolts pulls the accessory shank against the hitch wall, keeping it stable and quiet. Durable steel construction.Awesome result. Great product for the m oney. 525318
I looked at several different devices to stop the receiver movement/noise and selected this one. Glad I did. Works great. Solid construction. I actually ordered a second one. 488901
Excellent and prompt service. Received the product in just a few days. After installing on my hitch receiver I can move the whole vehicle with the hitch without all the noisy rattling. Very pleased with this purchase. 561061
Great product! Reinforced in all areas and shipped quickly! 571966
Product seems well made, solid and seems to holding the hitch receiver steady - no more knocking or bike rack wobbling coming from the back end! Will update after further use. Fast shipping and great service from etrailer as always! 550159
Does not work on my John Deere Gator HPX615E. Neither front or rear receiver. Pay close attention to how your receiver is made One star was given not for product quality but to warn others that it may not be suitable for certain applications and it’s the purchasers responsibility to verify before ordering. . 525222
Heather A - 06/28/2018Product is simple and effective...... performs as described. Only consideration is if there is a substantial "bead" of weld at the end of the receiver tube since this is where the bolts will bite into when tightened and if the bead is large enough, it presents a rounded surface rather than a flat one for the bolts to bite into potentially causing a "walking" situation. 502384
Steven - 04/29/2019I have a double hitch installed on my Class C motorhome for my bike rack and my Blue Ox to tow the car. I installed 2 of these and they completely eliminated all the movement in the assembly. I also added a Quiet Hitch Pin for the top receiver that did not have a lip. It also works perfectly. Thanks for great products! 403921
Looks like a good product but it did not fit on my 2018 Jeep Compass. Could not install it with bolt side down because the part of the Jeeps hitch where you attach safety chains to where too close to the receiver opening. I could only install it with bolts on top, but even then, it could fit over the receiver very well. The bolts were on the outer lip of the receiver and gauged the lip pretty good because it has a rounded lip instead of a flat lip. Not happy about that, but it did prevent rattling for the trip however, it looked like it was about to fall off. I ordered something else and will not use this one on my vehicle again. 582051
This receiver stabilizer is perfect for keeping my bike rack and other slide-in light duty hitch devices from wiggling around. This is not sold locally in Indianapolis in ANY store. 323359
Your product has a couple of structural defects: 1. With the bolts on the bottom, when the vehicle goes through a dip in the road, the bottom of the bolts grinds on the road. Your bolts are too long. 2. With the bolts on the bottom, when I went through a dip in the road and they scraped the asphalt, the result was a broken weld. Having China make your product is not a good idea. 3. With the bolts on the bottom, the tips of the bolts are about 1 3/4" below the bottom of the vehicle's receiver. The bolts should be on the top. But that is not the way the setup is pictured. So I like your product's potential, but not the way it is engineered or designed. 638875
Rachael H - 05/08/2019
I am verry happy with the Product. It take a bit to get used to it on mounting it to the welded ring on the hitch to keep it from sliding off. Ones installed, it will keep the Bike Racke from ratteling. 471702
worked so well i'm ordering three more. 370173
- 04/27/2017Not a fan of this piece if equipment. I could not keep it tight and in place. Got one of the U-shaped stabilizers and it works like a charm. 565150
I’m very glad I bought it. Only two things wrong with it. 1 it’s made in China. 2 if you have a drop hitch like I do, you might have to cut a notch in the bottom where the gusset hits the clamp preventing the stinger from going in far enough to insert the hitch pin. Other than those two things it works great. My hitch has NEVER been quieter and stable. Very satisfied with the results. 517476
Darren - 06/04/2019AAA service 737110
The rattle and slipping and sliding are gone ,very pleased . Will buy again for future trailer hitch accessories. Outstanding 735789
stops the rattle and the shifting of the hitchs makes it fell more firm and stops the class 1 to 4 common rattle 733312
Easy to install - effective. 732899
It has been a great addition to my Jeep Wrangler for carrying extra cargo when traveling. It is easy to assemble and install. 726463
exellent service and quick delivery tha nks 718342
it always comes loos usmc 718330
This works perfect for securing my bike rack and keeping it from rattling. 714551
Totally satisfied! Stays fast. Cost less. Good medal with 2 bolts. Great design. 706928
Product arrived on time haven't tried it yet, but it appears sturdy and hopefully will quiet things dow. 706241
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