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These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.
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Yakima Roundbars - 48" Long - Black - Qty 2:Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2014 Jeep Cherokee we're going to be test fitting the Yakima RailGrab Roof Rack System. We're using the forty-eight inch round bars, those are part number Y00408 and the Yakima RailGrab Foot Kit, that's part number Y00138. To begin our test fit we're going to place the front half of our rack up here under the front roof line of our vehicle. It looks like we're going to need a little more room there so let me . There we go. We need to loosen this up enough to where the inside clip will come around the underside of our bar here.
Here we go. Now we're going to take a measurement. There's a fixed point up here that we can find, it's an oval shaped cover. We're going to measure seven inches from the rear of that cover to the leading edge of our foot pack. Here we go. We're going to do this measurement on both sides.
This is going to ensure that we have our feet in line with one another. I'm going to have to loosen that one up a little bit too. To loosen these foot packs up we're just reaching under them and we're loosening up the black Allen bolt that's located inside there. Again, we'll do our measurement. Get right up to the leading edge of that foot pack.
Then we'll tighten down, slightly, the black bolt that's located inside. We're not going to tighten it down fully just yet. We just want to hold our foot pack into position so we can adjust our bar properly to have even overhang on both sides. Again, I'm just tightening up that black bolt located inside. That's just getting our foot packs to where they won't really move forward and back on us.
We'll then do our bar adjustment. With even overhang on both sides we'll tighten up the silver Allen bolt that's located inside. Tightening up this silver Allen bolt is going to lock our bar, side-to-side, into position so they can't move on us. Then we'll go back to that black Allen bolt and finish tightening it down. With this side secure let's make our way around to the passenger's side, finish tightening that one down, and we can move to our rear bar. With that secure let's grab the rear bar, and of course we're going to place this onto the rear roof line here. If you can look at it from that angle and we'll see how that RailGrab system is going to slide underneath the rail there. That's what engages to lock our clamp into place there. Now we're going to do a measurement on this rear bar as well. We've got another oval shaped plastic cover here, and we're just going to use that same measurement. We're going to measure seven inches from the leading edge of it this time to the rear edge of our foot pack. That one's in position. We'll get this side in position. Right there looks good. Now, just like we did on the front we're going to tighten down this black Allen key, or Allen bolt rather, just to snug up our clamp, just to hold that position that we just measured. We don't want it moving forward or backward or we'll lose the parallel that we have in our bars. Getting our measurements right the first time is going to help us out tremendously when it comes to mounting accessories and stuff onto the roof rack system. If we don't have our bars parallel that can be a little more difficult of a chore. With our foot packs held into position we're going to save our measurements, we'll now adjust our bar overhang and then tighten down that silver Allen bolt that's located inside each of our feet. Of course just like on the front, this is going to hold onto our bar and prevent it from sliding side to side as we finish our installation. With that secure we're just going to move down to that black bolt. We'll put our final torque on it there, tighten down our final bolt here, and just like that we're ready to attach a couple of accessories so we can get heading down the road. That will complete today's test fit of the Yakima RailGrab Roof Rack System using part number Y00408 and Y00138 on our 2014 Jeep Cherokee. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (192 Customer Reviews)
These multipurpose, galvanized steel crossbars supply the backbone for your aftermarket roof rack system. Works with accessories that clamp around the bars. Pair with Yakima towers, fit kit, and RoundBar SL Adapter to create a complete roof rack.Kimberly has shown that great customer service is not dead! etrailer and Kimberly are great to work with and have earned my business and will always be the 1st and last place I look for my rack+ needs!
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Everything from etrailer is timely and of good quality! The Yakima crossbars are no exception - they are indestructible.
Works perfectly. I am always impressed that Yakima continues to make parts for the "old roundbars" since they have since moved on to the superior JetStream bars.
Excellent selection of rack parts. Very useful installation videos help when choosing between products. Easy ordering process. Quick delivery.
I ordered the Yakima roof rack, with the Hullyrollers for the back crossbar and the Mako saddles for the front crossbar to use with my kayak. It arrived just like they told me and I put them on my car the eveningit arrived. Got to finlly use the roof rack on June 22 to go out kayaking and it worked great. Only thing is I did not know about the air reflector piece for the front crossbar. Now I will be ordering it to help with the wind noise.
Great rack, go on fast, easy to install and work well on my VW TDI wagon. Care has to be given and follow the instructions for the install to what type of rails you have. Works great carrying the VW luggage carrier and plan on using it to carry kayaks as well. Just have not decided what kayak rack type to get yet.
I've attachec a few pictures of the Yakima rack on my Audi Q7. It took a few attempts to find the right combination of attachments, but in the end, the pin attachments work best with the access points on the factory flush-mount rails. Great product!!!!!
necessary for using the widest cross bar option (78"). East to install
roof racks showed up in great condition, and showed up as one package.... I should have ordered the J racks from here but I found them cheaper locally so Thule J racks compliment the whole setup and i am just about ready to hit the water :)
The installation of this rack system went very well, all of the instructions were easy to read and use. I have attached some pictures of our installation. The vehicle is a 1994 Honda Accord EX four door sedan
Roof Rack 2008 Saturn Astra The roof rack arrived one day early...The packaging was excellent and the quality of the product more than met my expectations. The instructions made the insulation very easy. It took less than 45 minutes to install the unit complete.
Really Easy to Install! Solid and Strong amount to Roof Rack.
The rack has been so useful since I purchased it. Staff at etrailer.com were exceptionally helpful in getting the best option for my car and answering questions. I recommend this company, for its 110% customer service, excellent prices and timely delivery.
Great products though, again, written instructions would have been nice.
One quick phone call and Gwendolyn figured out exactly what I needed for our new car to use my old Yakima rack.
Everything arrived as promised and earlier than expected just installed. Looks like it will do everything I need it to which is haul around paddleboards. So far so good!
We got a Yakima Roof Rack system with locks and fairing for a "lime squeeze metallic" (Green...) 2011 Ford Fiesta 5dr Hatchback. Received the package yesterday and set it up within about an hour.
Great product and very easy to install! I called in to put my order in due to not trusting myself in getting one that fits my car. Jessica W. Was beyond professional and helpful in the process. She went also well above her position and tracked my order and sent additional information. Couldn’t be happier with the product and customer service!
Have been rocking my Yakima rack from etrailer.com for a year now. I am using rack in conjunction with a Tepui tent. Once I added the air deflector, I would say it's the perfect setup. The Yakima gives more clearance over the factory rack, so I was able to get my hands under it to secure the tent hardware. If you're thinking of upgrading your factory rack, I would not hesitate to use etrailer.com
The Yakima roof rack system is an Outstanding product. I purchased the product to replace the OEM roof rack because it was too flimsy to carry the tandem bike mount and my bike. The Yakima roof rack is solid and provides me the peace of mind while hauling my bike on the roof of my car. etrailer provided the product for the best price as always.
I have been using Yakima racks for around 40 years and have never had any problems. However, I am amazed at the price increases over the years. Etrailer prices were by far lower than most. Overall, a very excellent purchase.
Kit worked perfectly on my 2021 Subaru Forester. The whole install took 30 minutes. Never been disappointed with etrailer.
Bought as a pkg for my 2017 Golf R with Round Bars since I had a bunch of Yakima bike racks and a canoe gunwale rack for my old Yakima set up. Installation was easy with good instructions. All measurements from the Yakima site appear to be spot on.
etrailer.com shipped these out quickly and all parts arrived without damage.
etrailer is excellent...however, not too pleased with Yakima and these cross bars - second set in four years...they make them out of a steel that rusts quickly...better out of stainless or aluminum. Maybe that is their idea of planned obsolescence. I also learned not to install end caps...that accelerated the corrosive process.
Haven’t used them yet but they should work as expected
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