RE: [Paddlewise] rolling Yakama bars

I'll second that.  I had the same rotating-bar problem with the Q-towers.
The allen-head screw had come loose.  Haven't had a problem since I put the
gorilla wrench to it.



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Kruger [mailto:dkruger_at_pacifier.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 6:47 AM
To: Joan Spinner
Cc: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] rolling Yakama bars


Joan Spinner wrote:
> 
> An update:
>     I just can't get the Yakama bars not to rotate! I'm very frustrated.

Joan, I'm not clear on your total setup, but I have cured the bar rotation
problems on my new Yakima racks by the following:

Hully rollers rotating on the bar:  I contact cemented some wet-or-dry 200
grit sandpaper to the inside of the clamps which attach the roller
assemblies
to the bar.

Bar rotating inside the Q-towers:  had Bruno torque down the allen-head
screw
which fixes the bar to the towers.

Bar rotating inside the regular towers (I have both types of towers):  had
Bruno torque down the hex-head bolt which fixes tower to bar.  I decided: 
"Screw the plastic coating on the bar!"

I am using mine on a '96 Toy X-Cab PU with a canopy.  The saddles are on the
cab (Q Towers) and the rollers are on the canopy.  Note:  Yakima does not
endorse this arrangement, because they are worried about the flexing which
the
PU bed does relative to the cab.  I've driven this arrangement a thousand
miles or so on this rig and 10,000 miles or more on a Mazda PU similarly
equipped, and have NEVER had any flex problems -- just brain problems like
forgetting to attach a strap or lock down a tower!

Good luck!
-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR


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