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Replacement adapter allows your Swagman bike rack to fit inside a 2" hitch receiver
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Hey there Swagman bike rack owners. Today we're going to taking a look at the Replacement Two Inch Shank Adapter for your Swagman bike rack.Now, one of the coolest features about Swagman bike racks is their ability to work with multiple hitches, not just inch and a quarter, but two inch hitches as well, with the included adapter sleeve that comes with most Swagman bike racks. If you've got that in place, you're able to enjoy Swagman bike racks with our two inch hitch, but you can also remove it. If you have another hitch in the family, maybe an inch and a quarter, you can use the bike rack with that. Now, if you switch back and forth between the two from time to time, it's definitely possible to lose this adapter. If you do, no fret, don't worry, you can get a replacement here at etrailer.com.
Or maybe you only had an inch and a quarter, so you didn't think you needed this, you got rid of it. But now you've got a new vehicle with a larger hitch. That's cool, just pick up this replacement part here, and you're good to go with your new hitch.This two inch adapter is going to be a great replacement for your XTC-2, XC2, Chinook, G10, Semi 2.0, Titan, or Trailhead, Swagman bike racks. So to get your new adapter sleeve installed, if you still have the tools that came with your bike rack when you assembled it, this Allen key is directly from that kit, it'll work great. If not, you probably have a set of Allen wrenches at home, and those will work just fine as well.
You want to make sure the threaded hole lines up with the second hole on your shank, and the portion here with the divot that is designed to accept our hex bolt. We'll go ahead and get that fled through, into our threaded hole on the other side. Then we'll use that Allen tool to tighten it down.You do want to get this fairly tight, because this is part of the anti-rattle connection for your bike rack. So get it as tight as you can. Definitely slightly beyond flush there is good.
And then, the kit does come with a new threaded hitch pin. Some people call it an anti-rattle bolt. You can use that to get this re-installed into your two inch receiver.During this process, one thing you won't want to mess with is that metal insert inside your shank. That is actually the threaded nut side of your anti-rattle bolt, and that's what it threads into. It's already specifically made to line up with the hole here on the side.
Messing with that can make your anti-rattle device not work. We don't want that, so just go ahead and leave that alone when you're installing your receiver adapter.Then to get you back out on the road again, it's just a matter of lining up your hitch pin holes, reinstalling your new threaded hitch pin. That'd be if you weren't missing your old one, that's okay. Now you got two, just in case, nothing wrong with that. Go ahead and get this tightened down with our three quarter inch socket, and then we're ready to hit the road and continue enjoying our Swagman bike rack for many years to come.That completes our look at the replacement shank adapter for your Swagman bike rack..
Customer Satisfaction Score:
98% were satisfied with this product
2% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
Charles
8/23/2019
Couldnt be happier with my Swagman Hitch Adapter
Roy T.
7/24/2015
its still a great product and we are having no problem with it
Ben
4/23/2021
Still works great no rust after many hours of use
Bob B.
11/21/2017
Item is still performing excellently.
Allen
6/18/2021
No complaints! Works perfect!
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10/18/2026
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