RE: [Paddlewise] Yakima roundbar slippage/new rack

Luckily I have an OLD Yakima rack so I don't seem to have this problem.  But
my fiancée' does.  Her bars seem to slip more between the towers and the
bars, than between the bars and the clips.  So the oily bar explanation may
make sense for that.  

As far as the Hully Rollers slipping, could it be that they offer more
leverage against the clip than the saddles do?  I was looking at the clips
the other day and I noticed that they differ from the old style.  The new
ones have "tabs" on the inside that meet together when the nut is tightened.
I'm wondering if you filed the tabs down would it let you clamp the bar
tighter?  Anyone try this?



-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Kruger [mailto:dkruger_at_pacifier.com]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:17 PM
To: PaddleWise
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Yakima roundbar slippage/new rack


huck wrote:

> I just purchased a new Metro and had a full Yakima rack [snip]
> As I was pricing out the rack in the store, I was talking to a salesman
> (friend of mine) and he mentioned that the Yakima rep was in the store. So
I
> hunted him down to question him about the rack problems we have discussed
on
> the list. He has explanations for both the slippery bars and the
roller/dent
> problems.
> 
>  1. The slipping bars are caused by a high oil content in the synthetic
bar
> coating. When you clamp it down, you squeeze out the oil. This problem was
> corrected in 96 so the last of the oily bars should have left all stores
by
> 97-98. If your problematic bars are older than that, you can buy new ones.
Or,
> if you are looking for a cheap slippage correction, cut away the plastic
> coating by your towers and replace with a thick layer of masking tape. He
said
> this works great.

AFAICT, this explanation from the Yakima rep is bogus.  I bought my last set
of bars from Alder Creek in Portland, OR, out of new stock, shipped to them
in
early '99.  The Hully Rollers slipped madly on the bar until I
contact-cemented 220 grit wet-or-dry emery paper on the inside of the
clamps. 
I think the clamps are the problem -- they do not grip the bar tightly
enough
-- and it is a design flaw (the designers are in the US), not something
Yakima
can blame on their manufacturing side (now in Mexico).  Evidence:  the
clamps
for the TLC saddles (same purchase event, same set of bars) work fine.

[Sorry to hear of the miscarriage of justice, Phil -- sounds like someone
has
it in for you.  That's the kind of harrassment no one needs.]

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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