Bike rack, trailer hitch mount, wobbles?

Howdy,

I got this old hitch-mount Yakima bike rack, for some reason it has just enough play/gap that the bikes end up swinging side to side about 6". I don't want to shim it because I don't usually have it on for more than a day at a time. Is there some kind of bracket that goes on and off quickly that will "snug" the rack? And yes, I currently use bungee cords to minimize the movement... I just want the rack to be ridgid.

 

If the male part that slides in is just a little sloppy, lay a couple weld beads just in from the corners and hit it with a disc grinder.

A couple test fits and you should be able to make it a nice snug fit.


I do this to our boom stands on our truck cranes when they get sloppy from shaking back and forth