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Thule Paceline Roof Bike Rack Installation - 2009 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2009 Acura MDX, well be test fitting the Thule Paceline Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH527. Now our Acura has a factory roof rack, so well begin our test fit by simply placing the bike rack up onto the vehicles crossbars. We need to lift it up, both cam action levers at the front of the rack, so that we can position the L-bracket on the underside of the front bar. Now there are three settings here where you can set the L-bracket to fit the thickness of your crossbar. I set it to about the second notch. Once we tighten that down a little bit, well then close down both cam action levers and move to the back of the bike rack. Ill loosen up two of the wing nuts so that I can position the bracket around the underside of the rear bar. more
10/28/2014 7:48:36 PM
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2009 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2009 Accura MDX we'll be test-fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number Y02103. Our vehicle does have a factory roof rack, so we'll begin our test-fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, we'll need to loosen up the large black T handles so that we can position the brackets on the front and back side of the front bar. With that in place, I'll move to the rear. We'll loosen up the black wing nut and remove the silver T bolt from the slot in the bracket so I can position the bracket around the rear bar. With the bracket in place, I can reinsert the silver T bolt into the slot of the bracket and tighten down the black wing nut to secure it. I'll move back up to the front and tighten down the black wing nut to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front crossbar. more
10/15/2014 11:46:55 AM
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2009 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2009 Acura MDX we'll be test fitting the Yakima Fork Lift Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number Y02098. With a factory roof rack on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. Starting at the front we'll first need to remove the skewer, slide back the black cover and then loosen up the black wing nut. This allows us to remove the silver T bolt from the bottom bracket and position it around the front cross bar. Now there are three settings in which you can set the front bracket to fit the thickness of the front cross bar. I found it is best to set it to the second slot. With the bracket around the front bar we'll insert the silver T bolt into the hole of the bracket and tighten down the black wing nut. With this done I'll move to the back of the bike rack, loosen up this black wing nut and position the silver T bolt through the end of bracket and bring the bracket around the rear bar. more
10/15/2014 11:46:17 AM
Thule Sprint Roof Bike Racks Review - 2009 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2009 Acura MDX we'll be test fitting the Thule Sprint Roof Mounted Bike Rack part number TH528. With a factory roof rack on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's cross bars. We'll start here at the front and bring the rubber-coated steel strap around the underside of the front bar and hook it into the connection point. We'll then turn the speed link lever which will tighten down the strap around the front bar. We'll repeat the same process for the rear. Once everything is all tightened down and secured we're ready to load up our bike. We'll loosen up the AcuTight knob at the front to extend the skewer outward and then we'll undo the cam buckle strap at the back. We'll pick up our bike and place it onto the rack, sliding the forks down onto the skewer. more
10/15/2014 11:43:04 AM
Rhino Rack MountainTrail Roof Bike Racks Review - 2009 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2009 Acura MDX we'll be test fitting the Rhino-Rack Mountain Trail and Rooftop Bike Rack, part number RBC035. With a factory roof rack on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll first need to remove the black plastic cover and use the included Allen wrench to loosen up the silver bolt so that we can bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar. We'll hook them into the connection points, and then tighten the silver bolt just a little bit. We'll move to the back of the bike rack, remove one of the wing nuts, position the bracket around the underside of the rear bar, insert the silver bolt through the hole in the bracket, and reinstall the wing nut. Once that's tight, we'll move back up to the front and finish tightening down the silver bolt. Now that everything's tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up our bike. more
10/15/2014 11:32:47 AM
Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2009 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2009 Acura MDX we'll be test fitting the Kuat Trio roof mounted bike rack in black and chrome, part number TR02. With the factory roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, we'll need to take the rubber coated U bolts that are on the under side of the front bar out to the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then take our cylinder nuts to thread down onto the U bolts. We'll keep those loose so that we can make adjustments at the rear. We'll move to the rear of the bike rack, remove one of the wing nuts from the black bolts so that we can position the rubber coated black plate around the underside of the rear bar. We'll insert the bolt into the hole of the black plate and re-install our wing nut. Once those are tight, we'll move back up to the front and use the included tightening tool to tighten down the cylinder nuts. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up a bike. With the skewer loosened up, we'll move to the rear and undo the cam buckle strap. Now, depending on what side you install the rack on, you may need to swap out the strap so that it can work for the other side. more
10/15/2014 11:31:28 AM
Swagman Upright Roof Bike Racks Review - 2009 Acura MDX- Video
Today on our 2009 Acura MDX we'll be test fitting the Swagman Upright roof-mounted bike rack, part number S64720. With a factory roof rack on our vehicle we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. We'll pull out our hardware and start at the front, and take the silver u-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rick. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread down onto the silver u-bolts. We'll then move to the back of the bike rack and this time we'll take the silver bolt to go down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll take the black plate and insert the silver u-bolt into the holes of the black plate, and then install our wing nuts. more
10/10/2014 8:30:08 AM
Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Acura TL- Video
Today on our 2006 Acura TL, well be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number S64710. With the Thule aero blade roof rack system assembled onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the Swagman Fork Down directly onto our load bars. Here at the front platform, well bring our U-bolts around the underside of our load bar bringing them up to our front platform and tighten it with two wing nuts. Well repeat this process for the other side of the front platform. Here at the rear, well take our U-bolt, drop it through the top of our bike rack making sure that it goes around to our rear load bar, fit the bracket through the bolts, and tight them in place with the wing nuts. With our front and rear secured, we can now go ahead and undo our rear wheel strap and make sure that our skewer at the front is loose. Well grab our bike, place it onto our bike rack, and well secure it first by tightening our skewer and then move to the rear and tighten with the wheel strap. more
9/6/2013 12:04:18 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2006 Acura TL- Video
Today, on our 2006 Acura TL, we'll be test-fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Stretch roof-mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1011. With the Thule AeroBlade Roof Rack System assembled onto our vehicle, we'll begin the test-fit by placing the stretch directly onto our load bars. Here at the front we'll bring our rubber-coated straps around our front load bar, remove our black plastic cover and fit our straps back into the head of the carrier. Then we'll use an Allen key to tighten the Allen bolt which will tighten our straps around our bar. Once we have that done we can replace our black plastic cover, and then check to make sure the skewer is loose for when we're ready to load our bike. Here at the rear, we'll bring our rear bracket around our rear bar, drop the bolt through the bracket and tighten with an Allen key. With the front and rear of our carrier tight, it's secured our vehicle and we're ready to load our bike. more
9/6/2013 12:03:51 PM
RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Acura RDX- Video
Today on our 2013 Acura RDX well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number rky1011. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then remove the black plastic cover at the front of the carrier. Well bring the rubber-coated steel straps around the underside of the front crossbar, and move to the rear where we can loosen up the Allen bolt to bring the rear bracket around the underside of the rear crossbar. Well then move back up to the front where we can use the included Allen key to turn the silver bolts to bring the straps up around tightly against the front load bar. Once thats tightened down, well then move back to the rear where we will finish tightening the rear Allen bolts. more
7/10/2013 8:26:09 AM
Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2013 Acura RDX- Video
Today on our 2013 Acura RDX well be test fitting the Thule Domestique Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number th513. Well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then need to remove the skewer to expose the two Allen bolts at the front part of the bike rack. Well then use the included Allen key to loosen up both the front three bolts as well as the back two bolts to bring both the front and rear bracket around the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Once the bike rack is in position we can again using the included Allen key to tighten down the bolts to bring the brackets up tightly against the underside of the front and rear crossbar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. more
7/10/2013 8:24:56 AM
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