Hi all,So I got a loaner bike rack to use for a trip through the mountains, and I have a concern about the rack and my hitch receiver tube.The bike rack fits snugly into my hitch receiver. The problem though is that it has holes in it for a 1/2" pin ...
wnjj wrote:cstooch wrote:First off, thanks to everyone for all the great suggestions. And yes, the 1/2" bolt is threaded on my bike rack, for those that commented on that.@wnjj: Thanks, that bushing looks like it would work quite well to fix the gap ...
wnjj wrote:opnspaces wrote:All the 1/2 inch pins I've seen have been threaded into the rack. If yours is the same then just tighten it down tight and move on.This. ^It’s probably not supposed to be a normal pin. There was either something threaded i...
zigzagrv wrote:For a quick temporary fix, cut a piece of 1/2" copper tubing that will act like bushings for each side of the receiver. OD is 5/8" and should fit snuggly inside receiver holes. Copper is soft, so I wouldn't use it as a permanent fix.Th...
@Old-Biscuit: that's what I was figuring, that there probably isn't enough weight on that pin to really do much. Thank you@bob213: Unless I'm misunderstanding here, that won't work because the diameter of the hole in the bike rack piece is only 1/2"....
