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Say goodbye to the distracting clunking sounds of your trailer hitch with the Malone Anti-Rattle HitchLock System. This ingenious device is specially designed to stop movement and eliminate wobble between your vehicle's receiver and ball mount, ensuring a smooth and peaceful ride every time. Crafted from heavy-duty steel and coated for corrosion resistance, it fits perfectly on Class II 1-1/4" and 2" hitch receivers. Whether you're towing a small travel trailer or just want a quieter drive, this anti-rattle solution is a must-have.
Forget about complicated setups with the Malone Anti-Rattle HitchLock System. It comes with a bracket plate, U-bolt, and nuts that easily install on your hitch receiver without any fuss. The intuitive design of the system ensures you're ready to hit the road in no time, eliminating extra steps and making your towing experience as easy as possible.
No matter what you're towing, the Malone Anti-Rattle HitchLock System has got you covered. It's designed to fit both 1.25" and 2" hitch receivers, making it a versatile solution for various towing setups. Whether you've got a bike rack, cargo carrier, or a travel trailer hooked up, this anti-rattle system will secure it firmly in place for a safer, quieter journey.
Constructed from robust steel, this anti-rattle system is built to withstand the rigors of the road. Its durable build and corrosion-resistant coating mean that it will continue to perform flawlessly even after years of use. It's an investment in reliability and peace of mind that pays off every time you hit the road.
Experience complete stability with your towing setup using the Malone Anti-Rattle HitchLock System. It effectively locks your receiver and ball mount into place, preventing any unwanted movement and ensuring your cargo stays safe and secure. Whether you're on a long-haul journey or a short trip to the local park, enjoy worry-free travels with a properly stabilized hitch.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
What's up everybody it's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna checking out the Malone Anti-Rattle HitchLock device. And what this is gonna do is just gonna go on your ball mount or the shank of a bike rag, or even a cargo carrier. And it helps stabilizes it. So you can see right here with this ball mount moves around a whole bunch. Once I install that, that movement's gonna be gone.
Let's check it out. So with just the pin in let see how much movement we have in our ball mount. And so I'm gonna show you how to fix that and then install our device. So you're gonna take the Anti-Rattle plate here the flat part's gonna sit at the bottom of the hitch and the part that's angled up will push up on the ball mount push it in to place once we tighten it down. So let's drop our U-bolt through.
Then we'll put our flat washer, lock washer, and nut at the bottom. And we're gonna do that on both of them. So we're gonna get hand tight to help hold it on there. I'll do the same thing On the other side. Come back with a ratchet.
You continue to tighten it down. Let you do it evenly. Go back and forth. You don't wanna do one. Tighten one way more than the other.
Looks pretty good right there. Now I'm gonna shake the whole vehicle back and forth. You see there's no rattling or movement whatsoever in the ball mount. Now with that installed, that was just an easy way to show you how it takes the movement out of the ball mount with it, the you bolt here pulling down and this pushing up against there at the same time it takes all that movement out of there. Malone says that you can put it upside down if you need to for clearance issues. So we did that here on my hitch, and it actually seems like it got a little bit more behind the hitch. So it seems like it might work better for me this way. So that is an option. If you have clearance issues like I did. So the safety chain loops kind of get away at the bottom. So that full plate can't go all the way back. This one seems a little more sturdy. Now I threw a cargo carrier in the hitch, just to see, this has got a lot of movement up and down so that Anti-Rattle pin's in there. It does not move side to side at all, but that up and down we're gonna try and take care of it by adding that device on there. But first, we're gonna drive around the parking lot and see how bad it looks before we install it. Now we've shown it on a two inch hitch with a two inch cargo carrier and a two inch ball mount, but it can also work with inch and a quarter. So if that's your hitch size and that's accessory you would use it for, you can use it with that too. With installed on the cargo care. It worked out really well. There's not a lot of movement up and down. It really stabilized it. You could definitely see it when we we're going down the bumps. I think it's gonna be nice for any of those accessories. Like the ball mount, , even a bike rack. You just want a little more stability. You don't like that up and down movement. It's gonna help eliminate that. And, it's really easy to install and take back off. It's not a permanent thing. You just make sure to have a ratchet to tighten it down. Well, I think that does it. Thanks for hanging out. Hope This helped..
This has taken the 'bounce' out of my bike carrier which had been worrying me due to the wear and tear on both the carrier and the hitch receiver. The only difficulty is reaching over the carrier and under the receiver to tighten the nuts. I tried putting it on up-side-down but it didn't seem to work as well.
Easy to use, works great.
If you have limited ground clearance at the hitch (like we do, we tow with a Toyota Sienna minivan), install the nuts on top, the "U" part of the bar below.
Also, be sure to grease the threads during installation; a lot of road crud is kicked up onto the hitch.
This product works wonderfully. Easy to install, and completely stopped my hitch rattle.!! I would recommend it to anyone that has that frustrating rattle issue.
Easy install, under 5 minutes, and works as advertised. Delivered within 48 hours. Great customer service.
Worked well , easy to install, kept canoe trailer from banging around making noise like I’d lost it !
Took all the slop out of camper receiver hitch step.
I put the trailer hitch "tightener" on my distribution hitch that had a lot of movement, the slight 1/16 in movement left/ right /up/ down made a lot of noise and contributed to my trailer swaying. Once I installed it, in under ten minutes, I could not budge the hitch at all making for a nice tight fit, no noise, no added sway. I highly recommend this for anyone hauling heavy trailers for any distance.
Preston H. 
6/3/2020
It still works great, I never take the hitch off my truck so I do have to check the nuts before towing, but still no shifting of the trailer at all
Absolutely does what it says. Just bought a 2023 F-150 and my rattling hitch was driving me crazy! This even stopped the ramming when pulling my Z-8 Nitro LOVE IT and the super nice people at Etrailers
Easily took the slack out of a ridiculously heavy anti-sway hitch head on my '24 Canyon.
Perfect for intended use. Easy to use. Highly recommend.
Eric
5/25/2025
Really glad I bought the anti-rattle hitch lock. The noise would be quite irritating. Well worth the money.
Great addition to my hitch to stop the play and bouncing! I used to get super nervous when carrying the bikes and seeing them move around when hitting bumps or taking turns. Now I don’t sorry about anything. The hitch feels rock solid now.
Definitely mount it upside down as noted in other people's comments, otherwise it will scrape on pavement when making steep transitions at parking lot entrances--the threaded tips got scrapped up making it too difficult to remove the nuts. Honestly, when the cargo carrier is fully loaded, you probably won't notice much rattling with or without this anyway because of the force on hitch.
Definitely worth it when you have to use a reducer. I keep a ratchet wrench just for this in my kit. It only takes a minute to install and makes the overall connection much more stable. I’m using it with my Thule bike rack and it doesn’t shake at all. Definitely would without it given I have to use a reducer.
Easy install. No shake or rattle.
I can’t believe how much quieter it is pulling my boat now! Very easy installation, less than 5 minutes! You guys need to advertise these more, put them on your front page. I never knew they existed, until my fishing buddy ordered one 2 weeks ago.
David
7/28/2021
Still the best thing since sliced bread.
Works Ok but not great--cannot tighten enough on a 1.25 inch hitch and still allows too much movement and rattle.
Works great! We wish we could have found this about 20 years ago and 200,000 miles earlier.
Fit well, was easy to install and performed as expected. Would buy again.
Brooke M.
2/28/2025
So happy to hear that, Ray! Thanks for ordering with us. :)
,This did not work because the ball mount is too short away from the hitch receiver.
Easy to install, no more rattle. Thank you ETrailer for a quick solution to an annoying problem.
Karl
2/8/2025
Still works as well as the day I first installed it.
Robin H.
2/9/2025
Simple elegant design that worked like a charm.
BTW, installing it upside down made it even easier.
Great product, works well
Bob
3/5/2025
Great, so glad I purchased it from E-trailer
looks like it will be perfect.
Works well. After about a year of use, no issues. Using a thread locker of some type is suggested.
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Gwendolyn Y.
4/2/2025
Hitch rattling is the worst, Clint! I'm glad that this eliminated that for you :)