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Yakima Base Roof Racks For Vehicles With Factory Tracks/Racks
If your vehicle has factory installed tracks or
fixed mounting points, Yakima has the perfect roof racks
for you. With crossbars that are easy to install, easy to move, and
even easier to remove when you're not hauling your gear, Yakima's
Control Tower rack is one of the most flexible racks you''l ever find.
Installation Instructions/Tips
The Yakima
0214c Control Tower Complete Rack for Factory installed Roof Tracks
attaches to vehicles with factory
installed tracks or fixed mounting points. Not all vehicles have the
same style tracks, which is why Yakima has designed 11 different
Landings Pads so that the Yakima Control Towers fit multiple vehicles.
Before installing the Yakima Control Towers you must mount the Yakima
Landing Pad Base Plates for Control Towersfirst. The installation
difficulty depends on which
Yakima Landing Pad your vehicle requires. Most Yakima Landing Pads are
bolted to square nuts which are slid into you roof-top tracks, or
bolted directly into your vehicle's fixed mount points. The only two
that require drilling are Yakima Landing Pads 6 and 7.
Yakima Landing Pad 6 bolts to any surface with underside access, like
fiberglass camper shells. Yakima Landing Pad 7 fastens to a metal roof
when underside access is denied. After you get the Landing Pads mounted
to your vehicle, take all four Yakima Control Towers out of the box,
and pry the front plastic covers forward. Once the plastic covers have
been released, use the Allen wrench provided by Yakima to loosen the
Allen bolt on the right side. Only loosen the bolt enough so that the
wedge inside will allow the crossbar to slide through the towers. When
you slide the towers onto the crossbars put the Yakima end caps onto
the ends of the bars. This prevents the towers from sliding off of the
crossbars. Next, with the Control Towers' covers still open, lower the
towers onto the Yakima Landing Pads. If the covers are not open then
the towers will not sit on the Landing Pads properly. You want to make
sure that the Yakima Landing Pads line up with the Landing Pad on the
other side of the vehicle. To make sure of this close the plastic
covers until you hear both sides “snap.” If everything sits flush and
all four covers close without a problem you have successfully mounted
the Landing Pads. If not, you will have to adjust the Yakima Landing
Pads accordingly. Now re-open the plastic covers and fully tighten the
Allen bolt on the right side of each tower while pushing down on the
top of the tower. This will prevent the Yakima crossbar from sliding
inside the towers.
Test
The Installation
At each tower, push up on the end of the bar to test
the installation. Also, grab the bar near the tower and pull back
and forth. If the tower slides or crossbar can rotate, check the
tower for tightness and re-tighten as necessary.
The Yakima
y0214c Control Tower Complete Rack System includes 4 components: 4
Control Towers, 2 Pairs of Landing Pads, 1 Pair of Yakima Crossbars,
and 4 End Caps. The height of the Yakima Control Towers when mounted to
the Landing Pads sits about 4” high. In most cases Yakima’s recommended
load bar length will be provided unless otherwise specified. Yakima
Lock Cores are sold separately.
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