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Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we have a 2024 Chevrolet Traverse, and we're gonna be taking a look at, and I'm gonna show you how to install the CURT Class 3 two-inch hitch receiver. Adding the hitch receiver to the back here at Traverse is gonna allow you to haul bike racks, cargo carriers, or maybe even tow a small trailer. If you're planning on towing a trailer, I highly recommend going ahead and picking up a four-pole wiring harness to install while you install the hitch, because our factory plug is gonna be right here behind the fascia. It'll be really, really easy to get it plugged in and get it working while you're installing the hitch. Being that this is a two-inch by two-inch hitch receiver tube opening, it is gonna give you a lot of options for accessories out there.
Our hitch pin hole here on the side is gonna be a 5/8-inch hitch pin hole that'll accept a hitch pin and clip, locking or non-locking hitch pin and clip. The hitch does not come with one, so you will wanna be sure to pick one up either off our website. If you pick up an accessory, chances are it's probably gonna come with one. Our safety chain loops are gonna be a hoop-style safety chain loop that will fit safety chains of many different shapes and sizes, so you can get 'em hooked up and get your trailer safely down the road. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost part of our bumper is about three inches, so you wanna keep that measurement in mind when you're looking into accessories.
If you watch some of our videos on the accessories, like a hitch cargo carrier or a hitch-mounted bike rack, they'll give you a measurement from the hitch pin hole in the accessory to the closest part of the accessory. That will tell you whether or not that accessory's gonna work with your Traverse. From the ground to the top inside of the receiver tube, it's about 20 3/4 of an inch. That is more than high enough off the ground. You don't have to worry about any of those accessories dragging.
As far as weight capacities go, this hitch is gonna be rated for a max tongue weight capacity of 750 pounds and a max gross trailer weight capacity of 5,000 pounds. That is with or without weight distribution. It is rated for weight distribution, so if you need to pull a trailer that you use your weight distribution on already, you can do that with this hitch. One feature about this hitch that I really, really like is that when you're not using it, you can put your cover back up into place, and then all you have to do is just latch your two latches back under here, and then it looks like there's no hitch there at all. And then when you're ready to use it, you simply pop it off and hook your accessory in.
As far as the installation goes, this install does involve taking off the rear fascia. As a lot of vehicles go, you will have to do this because the hitch will mount in the same spot that your bumper beam, your crash bumper was originally at. We will be taking that off. But as far as this one goes, this is much simpler than a lot of other hitches out there on the market, as far as taking the rear fascia off. But hopefully with my help, you should be able to get it off no problem. To begin our installation, we're going to need to remove some plastic covers here on the back of our rear fascia because our fascia is gonna have to come off. We need to take a trim panel tool. I'm just prying back behind it. If you've got like a plastic putty knife or something like that, if nothing else, you can use a flathead screwdriver. Be very, very careful or put some painter's tape around the end of it so you don't scratch your paint. So we'll pop these covers off. Just pry in behind them. Then we'll take a seven millimeter socket and take these screws out. And we'll take a T20 Torx bit and remove the screw that is just below the screws we just removed. Taking a T15 Torx bit, underneath our vehicle, we're gonna have one tab or one screw here and one screw right here on each side that we'll have to remove. You do not have to remove this one because it's just holding that tab on. Next, we're gonna need to remove a few screws out of the inside of our wheel well with that same T15 Torx bit. I highly recommend picking up one of these angle bit drivers from your local hardware store They're great to use around the house or on other parts of your vehicle too so you will use it again. But it makes this job so much easier. Otherwise, it's very difficult to find a tool that's gonna fit back in here that has that T15. We're also gonna have to peel back this black plastic piece because there's a se