Smart and effective way to eliminate rattle while carrying bikes or general towing. Easy to use design gets right to the heart of the problem--too much space between shank and receiver! This device works by keeping shank and receiver tight together.
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Today we're going to be taking a look at part number F-315. This is the Curt trailer hitch and anti-rattle kit for inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter trailer hitches, class 1 or class 2. Just keep in mind that the shank of the ball mount, cargo carrier, bike rack, or hitch accessory must be hollow in order for this to work. This right here is going to be a block with a nut. This is going to be placed inside the ball mount or your hitch accessory and your thread portion is going to line up with the thread portion on the bolt. As you tighten the two together it's going to draw the side of the accessory of the shank to the inside edge of the hitch tube and the more tight you get this the more drastically it's going to reduce the amount of rattle or wobble from within the hitch. It's going to remove that movement and vibration or at least help reduce it.
You're going to get the anti-rattle bolt with the lock washer, you're going to get the clip to go on the other side of the pin and you're going to get the block with the welded on weld nut. Real quick I just want to show you how this system would install. Right here I have our hollow shank ball mount. It's really simple, simply just take this, slide it in there. It's got a little tab on the edge so it's going to stop which when it get to that point you can see here that the threaded portion lines up with the pin hole. With that in place all you would have to do is take your accessory, place it into you're hitch, we're acting like this receiver tube is our hitch today, line up your pin holes and then take your anti-rattle bolt and then we would simply need to place that through there. Once we have that in, you can see that right now we still have some wobble and play between the shank of our ball mount and the receiver tube of our hitch.
As we tighten this down, it's going to help reduce if not fully eliminate the rattle and wobble that we have. Then you'll want to take a socket wrench or a regular wrench and finish tightening it down. It's just going to use a standard 3/4" socket or wrench. Once you have that tight, secure it with a clip on the other side. Now you can see we virtually have no play within the hitch. That's going to do it for our review or part number F-315.
This is the Curt trailer hitch anti-rattle kit for inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter trailer hitches. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (40 Customer Reviews)
Smart and effective way to eliminate rattle while carrying bikes or general towing. Easy to use design gets right to the heart of the problem--too much space between shank and receiver! This device works by keeping shank and receiver tight together.Excelent Service, the item have excelent quality and great support from Etrailer Team.
Slick little device. Bought this for my daughter's hitch mounted bike rack. Epoxied the "nut" inside the rack tube so she didn't have to fuss with aligning it each time. Really worked great to eliminate the bounce and rattle of her bike carrier.
Installation can be a bit challenging. It requires lining up the clamp inside the tube, and inserting the bolt/pin. There is a tongue that fits in the smaller (front) hole to aid alignment on the Allen Sports bike rack, and maybe others. Since it is inside the tube, though, there is no way to reliably hold it in place during installation. A delicate touch is required. Once installed this works great for swaying along two axes (roll, yaw). Pitch (up/down) movement isn't as limited, especially with a load on a bike rack, but it is dampened. Drove about 200 miles at highway speeds with no issues. Overall I am pleased with the improvement. Inserting a shim may eliminate the pitching altogether.
works as advertised!
This product did not work for me. The hardware obscured the hole that the trailer locking mechanism goes through. The trailer still rattles.
I got this to use on my Allen bike rack for my Curt hitch. Like another reviewer mentioned, my rack had a good six inches or so in back-and-forth sway. Once this kit was installed, the rack is pretty rock solid. Installing it the first time took some trial and error. Like another review mentioned, I may try the expanding foam method to keep the bracket in place for quicker install. Other than that, this was a great product and well worth the money.
Bought this to replace the anti-rattle device that is included with the Boone trailer hitch table. The eye bolt on the Boone device eventually broke. The new item (F-315) is very similar to the device used in my bike rack. It works great! Easy to install and does the job.
My co-workers Tom and Charlie discovered this item on-line and recommended I try it. It worked like a charm! Before adding this part, my bike rack would be wobbling and rocking back and forth both with the bikes loaded and when empty. Once we installed this, the rack fit and stayed snug in the receiver with no more rattle!
I purchased this hoping it would stop the wobble of my Allen bike rack in my Curt Hitch. It was not even long enough for the threads to go to the other side to tighten it down. It was recommended from a review of the same rack/hitch combo - not sure what could possible be wrong.
Does not fit hollow reese hitches - the ball mount I have has an angled end tube which makes the lip not functional w/o modification. The little lip that keeps it from falling down the tube, had to be clipped off to make it fit. Once attached it seems to function as desired in decreasing ball mount to hitch tube movement. This is being used with a 2-1/2 drop reese ball mount pulling a noisy trailer. Will update inform whether or not it functions. I have not installed it on the vehicle just yet.
The nut part of this device is not as solid as you would want for a lifetime investment. I only mention this because after you use it, you will NEVER want to tow without it. It takes the rattle and clunk out of your tow and it takes 10 seconds extra to install this device when you install your tow bar. I used this while towing a motorcycle trailer. I used a flat washer in place of the supplied lock washer without any problems. I love this solution.
Have been looking for these locally but can't be had - Etrailer had them however! Great item to keep hitch accessories from waggling side to side.
Great product. Have used for one year on my bike rack and there is no rattle or wobble. Excellent product and it’s a must for any bike rack/trailer hitch system.
Worked exactly as advertized. The Allen Sport bike rack had 6 inches of play side to side at the top of the rack. With the F-315 anti rattle bolt there is less than 1/2 inch.
Simple yet effective in my 2015 Subaru Forester and CCM bike rack.
Well, the part is still functional but one of the welds broke about a week in. The weld was poorly done from what I see and my limited knowledge of welding. I can send a picture if you would like.
The product works fine. It is a little difficult getting in the right place since it is not fixed to anything. However, I solved this by placing it into my bike carrier then using expanding foam to keep it in place.
This I a great why to stop the hitch slap, If you have a little movement in your hitch this will fix it . It is a great fix . Thank you etrailer
Very easy to use and install. Yakama bike rack no longer rattles.
This product worked exactly as described, was easy to install and use and I would recommend it to others. etrailer is a great place for your trailer needs.
This anti-rattle kit actually works! I highly recommend.
Does the job it's supposed to. Was slightly shorter than the receiver that it was inserted into but worked just the same.
Works good, tightens thighs up. When you insert the bolt/pin the inner peace tried to move .I used JB weld to secure it so it will never move again. Now it works great. The product should come with adhesive but it doesn't.
Product worked perfectly with Reese TowPower canoe loader. There is no wobble at the ball mount.
The anti rattle gadget that I bought did not work for my purposes. However, my neighbor was able to use this item so I did not need to worry about returning it.
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