Use this hitch immobilizer to keep your drawbar or hitch-mounted accessory from rattling and shifting in your receiver. Great for bike racks, cargo carriers, and other accessories. Quick, simple bolt-on installation.
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Nearly every hitch setup suffers from a bit of slip. This free play between your trailer hitch receiver and your hitch-mounted accessory is completely normal, but it's also completely preventable. By adding the Quiet Hitch to your setup, you can stabilize your hitch-mounted accessory as it sits in the receiver to eliminate rattle, sway, and all that extra play.
Just slip the Quiet Hitch over your drawbar or other accessory. When you slide the accessory into the hitch receiver, position the U-bolt around the collar on the bottom of your hitch receiver. Then place the bar on top of the accessory shank and tighten the nuts onto the U-bolt. As you tighten the Quiet Hitch, the shank of your accessory will be pulled down towards the bottom of the receiver opening, thus securing it in place within the tube.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (122 Customer Reviews)
Use this hitch immobilizer to keep your drawbar or hitch-mounted accessory from rattling and shifting in your receiver. Great for bike racks, cargo carriers, and other accessories. Quick, simple bolt-on installation.The combination of a Swagman XCT2 bike rack and a curt 1 1/4” receiver produced a bit of a side to side wobble when under way. The Roadmaster Quiet Hitch alleviated this problem. Sturdy product. I torqued the nuts as specified and have had no issues after a dozen trips. I check them as part of my pre-trip routine. Vehicle is garaged so I can’t comment on how it holds up to the weather. A nice solution to the wobble problem.
David - 12/01/2020
Love it! I am not sure how you would use it, but I turned it upside down to stabilize a bike rack. Can't do that with a heavier load, but this way it helps elevate the rack so I don't scrape when backing out of the driveway. Still, I wish this product didn't rust. Only had it a year!
This part installed in less than 5 minutes and it does exactly what it says. I'm using this on a 1 1/4" hitch with a bike rack attached. It's very stable now and no noise/rattling.
Keeps my 1.25" hitch firm and not Shakey when loaded with cargo or bicycle rack
After owning this for a year, I am 110% satisfied with it. It has stopped the mind bending rattle of the receiver ! I highly recommend this product. Works as described and WILL stop the rattle. Thx!
Keith D - 04/23/2021Product works quite well on my Smart For Two 1.25” bike carrier.
just used the Roadmaster Quit Hitch to take my bicycle on a 1000 mile trip it eliminated the bouncing and left and right sway that I had previously had.
I have used this only once. I do which the U bolt and nuts where of a higher grade of steel. I will just have to see how it wears. But I would recommend this if you have a noisy little trailer like we have.
I prefer Blue Ox products, but they don't make one in the size I need. This product here is going to get a good test in the next few days, but a) it's well built and b) it fits well on the hitch/receiver system I had to install on my Honda Crosstour (which really isn't designed well for any hitch assembly made. Regardless, I got good service from Stacey A. and I'm glad to be an e-trailer customer.
This morning my TWO Roadmaster Quiet Hitched (2" and 1-1/4") arrived. I set about mounting my bicycle rack into my new etrailer.com 2" Draw-Tite hitch on my 2014 Subaru Outback. I mounted the Roadmaster Quiet Hitches and was very pleased the bike rack went from having over 5" of free-play at the rack head to less than 1/2" of free-play. I no longer need to have a strap from the rack head to the roof rack. I very good investment. (it is a long story why I have both 2" and 1-1/4" hitches)
John A - 04/05/2018The Quiet Hitch should be mandatory if you put anything in the hitch receiver. It eliminates rattling and clunking noises. Service from eTrailer was prompt..service from USPS was not but that is nothing over which eTrailer has control.
Just what I needed. Because I use a 2" to 1 1/4" inch adapter for my bike rack the other anti-rattle devices I tried would not fit. The compact design of the Roadmaster Quiet Hitch works perfeclty and etrailer delivered it very promptly. I am very satisfied.
Doug - 04/24/2016First of all, the quick service and shipping were unbeatable-- I got my order the next day with regular shipping. The Roadmaster Quiet Hitch is as advertised and exactly what I needed-- I've never seen one in a retail store. Review the Erickson Re-Tractable Ratchet Straps w/ Push Button Releases - 2" x 6' - 1,333 lbs - Qty 2 - 34414 These straps are great-- with no extra flapping straps to tie up.
Tom A - 09/28/2016Had a lot of rattling and clunking from the hitch. Rattling with nothing in tow and clunking when towing( starting & stopping ). This item has made everything nice and tight.... as usual the service from ETRAILER was terrific. Easy to order and it arrived quickly. Don't know why anyone would go anywhere else for their trailer- ing needs.
Al F - 03/01/2018Bought two of these, one for me, one for my Brother. We both constantly use them. They work, plain and simple. They quiet the rattle at the receiver hitch. Neither of us has had a negative issue. Instructions call for the use of a torque wrench on all four nuts. Use one. Neither of us have experienced bolt stretch or loose fasteners. Excellent product.
Followed instructions completely. Didn't help at all with the rattling of my hitch. Very dissappointed.
I use this Roadmaster Quiet Hitch U-collar to stabilize the 1.25"-2" hitch adapter which I plug into the 1.25" hitch on my car. The adapter allows me to attach my 2" Kuat bike rack to the car. The Quiet Hitch does a great job of reducing sway. The only thing I don't like about the Quiet Hitch is that you are supposed to use a torque wrench to tighten it, yet another tool to carry along and lose. Even when I snug up the Quiet Hitch flange and lock nuts well with a 1/2" socket, they do tend to loosen after a few miles. Assuming that my Quiet Hitch loosens because I don't use a torque wrench, it would be nice if the Quiet Hitch were made with an airplane-grade retention system that doesn't require torquing to a specific value.
It has been THE SOLUTION for my first problem I was figuring before a road trip in western Canada (20 000 km) with my VR. The hitch was supporting a spear tire and no left and right balancing occurred during the trip. I recommande this simple solution to any situation.
This product is truly as easy to use as it claims to be. I put it on my hitch in minutes, with no fancy tools, and it totally works to get rid of the sway. I am using it with my 1.25 to 1.25 hitch riser (VH-HR2 from Discount Ramps) on my 2009 Toyota Sienna van. My bike rack is attached to the hitch riser and there is very little movement in the hitch/rack even at higher rates of speed. The shopping experience with etrailer.com was great and shipping was faster then expected.
does an ok job, but be super careful if your vehicle has low clearance and you attempt a driveway that is abruptly steep from the road. Any upward bump to the bike rack (or whatever is back there) will bend this thing quickly. Not it's fault, just a warning. That said, thicker metal would be better.
This thing does a brilliant job of stabilizing the hitch inside the receiver to keep it from banging and rattling around. I have a Curt Euro-style integrated ball and mount so bolt-type stabilizer wouldn't work. The plating does a nice job of staving off rust and the flanged nuts help prevent the hardware from backing off.
Had a hard time finding a hitch stabilizer that would work for my situation. In my case, I am not towing anything but, rather, mounting a bike rack. Also, complicating matters was a converter from 1-1/4" to 2". The rack mounted on the 2" receiver and comes with a screw down bolt to prevent play. Unfortunately, the converter had no such feature and had significant play when inserted into the 1-1/4" receiver of the two hitch. The Roadmaster product completely solved the issue. Very happy with the results.
On the plus side, this is easy to install and does a good job reducing some amount of movement from the hitch. On the down side, it still leaves quite a bit of lateral wobble. So far, I haven't really found anything better, so maybe this is all I can hope for.
Great anti wobble device. I was about to jettison my bike rack until I spoke to an etrailer rep who recommended the Roadmaster Quiet Hitch. The suggestion was spot on as it has eliminated the wiggle and sway. I am gratified when something advocated works and the price is at a bargain. Thank you much for your expertise.
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