CURT Manufacturing 112763 Class 1 Trailer Hitch with Old-Style Ball Mount, Pin and Clip

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Product Feature

• 1.25 In. receiver tube opening
• Gross Trailer Weights (GTW) and Tongue Weights (TW) vary by application
• Never exceed vehicle weight rating
• Old-style ball mount, pin and clip included
• Made in USA. Limited lifetime warranty to original purchaser

Product Description

All Curt hitches feature WeatherTite construction, which prevents rusting from the inside out by sealing the main body of the hitch. The receiver tube has an open back end to allow for easy cleaning and for dirt and moisture to pass through and not get trapped as is common with other brands of hitches. All Curt hitches come with mounting hardware and installation instructions. Curt is the a hitch company that mechanically de-scales all hitches before applying a thick powder coat finish, which is baked on for a high-gloss, smooth surface.

CURT Manufacturing 112763 Class 1 Trailer Hitch with Old-Style Ball Mount, Pin and Clip Review

In 2007 I ordered a Curt Class 1 hitch to mount a Thule Apex Swing 4 Bike Rack on a 2005 Prius and it worked flawlessly for five years. This year when I traded on the old Prius for a new 2013 Prius V, I bought this Curt 11276 Class 1 hitch to use with the old Thule rack. As before, it worked perfectly. Curt makes a hitch that is extremely strong, heavy, and well built for this application and engineered specifically for the cars for which they are designed (many models of course). According to their specs this hitch will fit any 2012-2013 standard, plugin, or Prius V (not the C) but you may want to check again before you order - I can merely testify here that it works perfectly on the Prius V. The rack is intended ONLY for the use of a Thule or Yakima or similar bike rack or cargo rack and is absolutely NOT suitable for towing any kind of trailer. [This is a restriction placed by Toyota, not Curt]. Because it comes with a ball mount it literally will tow a trailer if you hook one up, but I am not sure what it would do to your poor Prius.

Although a mechanic with a hydraulic lift might be able to install this alone, if you do it in your driveway (the Prius V is high enough off the ground to do it without any lifting) you will need two people to stabilize the rack as one of you tries to start the new holding bolts. It is fairly easy to mount but not child's play - it weighs a lot and there might be a bruised knuckle or two. But my wife and I were able to mount it in about half an hour and we were very slow and deliberate (and we are both over 60 years old, so how hard can it be?). To mount it you will need a 17MM and 19MM socket, 1/2 inch drive, with a six inch extension, a ratchet, and frankly, probably a breaker bar longer than the ratchet. The latter is to remove the original tow-bar bolts, which were over-torqued on our Prius (this is also why you can't likely use a 3/8" socket).

The hitch is installed in the mounting holes for the original rear tow loops, which are used primarily to secure the new car when it is shipped. The driver-side tow loop is easy to remove (according to the instructions you have to find a small hole cut out in the underbody panel on a standard Prius, but on the Prius V the tow loop and its mounting bolts are clearly exposed). On the passenger side though the tow loop also serves as mounting bracket for the rubber exhaust hanger (called an isolator) for the exhaust pipe, which complicates things. Generally on this side you have to detach the tow loop and its rubber attachment, drop it, then fit the hitch up to the mounting holes for the tow loop, then fit the tow loop back up to its original position but now outside the hitch base, then somehow thread the new mounting bolts into the old holes (that is where it gets a little cussy).

Before you even buy your hitch, let alone install it, it might be a good idea to crawl under the car and find the passenger-side tow loop and its rubber hanger to see what I mean.

The hitch comes with clear instructions including good pictures, so why am I bothering with all of this detail? Well, the instructions are generic for all Priuses, not just the V, and the instructions suggest that you remove the rubber isolater FROM the tow bracket with a pry bar to get access to the two tow bar mounting bolts. I was skeptical of this instruction because I know that a dedicated tool is used to remove this isolater (by a Toyota mechanic) and it looks to me like one might easily damage the specialized isolator securing nut if trying to budge it with a small pry bar. The reason I stress this is because for AT LEAST THE PRIUS V there is absolutely no need to mess with the rubber isolator (as you will see if you look at it closely). To reach the two 17MM bolts that hold on the tow bracket, merely have your assistant pull the exhaust pipe strongly toward the center of the car. If you are using a good 6" extension, you can easily get to the bolts to extract them. Later when you replace them with the replacement 19MM bolts (same thread but longer) repeat the process. It is actually quite easy.

Make sure you torque the four mounting bolts properly. Once you get it installed you will never think of it again. Happy bicycling or kayaking or whatever.

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