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For those of you that haul bikes around....bought these about 3 weeks ago....they work great, hold very securely......Also you can lock the bike in.......although if someone wants your bike bad enough........

Here's some pics.....

 

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I think they were 32 a piece w/ locks........think you can gett'm cheaper with just a skewer w/o a lock......

 

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You might be able to squeeze 3 in there.......I don't think 4 would fit........although if you moved the end ones all the way to the edge........

 

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SR5TACO.......you remember what size washers you used to snug them up?

 

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Sorry my bad...they were 35.95 at www.orsracksdirect.com and are the clutch sd w/ locks......

 

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FP.....before you install them, go to the hardware store and get 4 fender washers.....size 3/8 center hole by 1 inch diameter.....pull out the end plastic pieces inside the rail system ( they just slide out..) insert the 1 inch washer between the normal back piece and the edge of the rail......this will keep them from falling out.....which has been known to happen on rough roads........it actually happened to me on smooth asphalt going around a corner.....luckily the bike fell into the truck not out! I'll post up a pic in a bit to show you what I'm talking about......

 

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Here's a couple updated pics with the washers installed......

 

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mine were keyed the same.....not sure if that was intentional or lucky......

 

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no problem!

 

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HotRod..good info to have.....think I'll go down to the hardware store and swap'm out......

Thanks!

Jay

 

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Yeah, they are way stiff laterally.....they only thing you "might" want to do is run a bungy from back corner to back corner through the rear wheels if your gonna really rip over some ruff stuff........

 

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I like the washer idea. Had one of my bikes fall over still attached to the mount. Scared the $hit out of me. Thought the fork broke.

had the same happen 2 me....luckily it went into the truck!

 

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It's really not that bad.....I carry the torx wrench that came with it in the center console.....takes about 20 seconds to get them out......just unloosen a couple turns and slide out.....