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Check your Receiver Depth
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To ensure proper fit, it's important to know 
the depth of your receiver. Determine this  
by doing the following:
• With a ruler inserted in the receiver, 
measure from the center of the hitch 
mounting hole to the point where you  
make contact with an obstacle.  
This is your Receiver Depth.
• If you do not contact a back-stop or your 
hitch receiver does not have a backstop, 
another potential point of contact could  
be an undercarriage-mounted spare tire  
or the undercarriage itself.
• Using the table in the next page, compare 
your measurement to see which hitch racks 
will work with your vehicle.
Your Receiver Depth must be equal to or 
greater than the product measurement  
listed in the table for a proper fit.
PLATFORM
Hitch Rack Receiver Depth
EasyFold XT
903202 1.4"
Helium Platform
9039
2.3"
9040
2.3"
T2 Pro XT
9034XT
2.5"
9035XT
1.4"
9034XT+9036XT
2.5"
T2 Classic
9044
2.6"
9045
1.4"
9044+9046
2.6"
T1
9041
1.5"
DoubleTrack Pro
9054
1.5"
SWING
Apex Swing, Apex XT Swing
9027, 9027XT 2.5"
Vertex XT Swing 
9031XT 2.5"
TILT
Helium Pro 
9042PRO, 9043PRO 1.4"
Helium Aero 
9042, 9043 1.4"
Apex / Apex XT
9024XT 1.4"
9025/9025XT 1.4"
9026/9026XT 1.4"
Vertex XT
9028XT/9029XT/9030XT 1.4"
Camber
9058/9056 1.5"
Range
9057 2.4"
Parkway
956/958 2.5"
957 1.4"
Backstop
Mounting Hole
Receiver Depth
Spare Tire
Hitch Fit Tips
Check your pin hole depth
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There are a small number of receiver hitches on the market that have a distance of less than 1.5 inches  
from the center of the hitch pin hole to the face of the receiver. For both safety and performance,  
Thule requires this distance to be as shown per the table below.
Minimum 1.5"
Less than 1.5"
Minimum 1.5"
Less than 1.5"
PLATFORM
Hitch Rack
Pin Hole Depth  
Requirement
T2 Pro / T2 Pro XT
9034/9034XT 1.125"
9035/9035XT 1.5"
9034XT + 9036XT 
1.5"
Helium Patform
9039/9040 1.5"
T2 Classic
9044 1.5"
9045 1.5"
9044 + 9046 
1.5"
T1
9041 1.5"
Doubletrack / Doubletrack Pro
990XT/9054 1.5"
EasyFold XT
903202 1.5"
End of  
Receiver
Mounting Hole
* Thule has specifically tested the following Subaru receiver hitches and approved  
them for use with Thule Vertex 2 Bike 9028/9028XT bike carriers only. 
· Subaru XV Crosstrek Receiver – L1010FJ610 
· Subaru Forester Receiver – L1010SG610
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All Thule hitch racks approved for use. See chart below to confirm if Thule 
hitch rack is approved for use.
SWING
Hitch Rack
Pin Hole Depth  
Requirement
Apex Swing / Apex XT Swing
9027/9027XT 1.5"
Vertex Swing
9031XT 1.5"
TILT
Helium Aero / Helium Pro
9042/9043  
9042Pro/9043Pro
1.5"
Apex / Apex XT
9025/9026 
9024XT/9025XT/9026XT
1.5"
Vertex
9028XT/9029XT/9030XT 1.5"
Camber
9056/9058 1.5"
Range
5057 1.5"
Parkway
956, 958 1.5"
957 1.5"





