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Mercury Roof Bike Racks Installation And Review Videos

  

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner

Today we have a 2008 Mercury Mariner and were going to be test fitting the Yakima FrontLoader Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number Y02103. Our mariner is equipped with a full factory roof rack so were going to mount the FrontLoader directly to the factory crossbars. Well take the carrier and set it on top of our crossbars. Well fit the head of our bike carrier around the front crossbar and use the hand knob to tighten the clamp down. Then well take the clamp in the rear and slide it over our rear crossbar then well use the T bolt and included wing nut to tighten it down. With that done our bike rack is secured to our roof rack and were ready to load up a bike. more


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8/8/2012 11:26:21 AM



Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner

Today we have a 2008 Mercury Mariner and were going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof Mounted Bike Carrier part number Y02098. Now our mariner is equipped with a full factory roof rack so were going to mount our forklift directly to the factory crossbars. To do this well remove the skewer from the head of the bike rack first. Well open up the clamp at the head of the bike rack and fit it around our front crossbar then well tighten it down with the T bolt and wing nut, slide the cover back into place and then we can reinstall our skewer. At the back well need to slide the clamp over our rear crossbar and again, well tighten it down with a T bolt and wing nut. Now were ready to load a bike. more


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8/8/2012 11:26:00 AM



Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner

Today, we have with us a 2008 Mercury Mariner and we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Style Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number S64710. Our Mariner is already equipped with a full factory roof rack so we're going to attach our fork down directly to our factory crossbars. We'll place the bike rack up on top of our crossbars. At the front, we'll fit two U-bolts around our crossbars and use the wing nuts to secure the front of the bike rack. Next, we'll move to the back of the bike carrier. We'll fit the U-bolt through the carrier from the top. more


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7/13/2012 9:26:26 AM



RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner- Video

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Mercury Mariner

Today on our 2008 Mercury Mariner, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts TieRod Roof Mounted Bike Carrier, part number RKY1014. Our Mariner is equipped with a factory roof rack so we're going to mount the RockyMounts TieRod directly to the factory crossbars. We'll lift up the carrier and set it on top of our crossbars. We'll feed the straps at the head of the bike carrier around our front bar, lock them back into the head and use an Allen key to tighten them down. Then we can reinstall the cover on the head of the bike rack. At the back, we'll use the clamp and two wing nuts to secure the rear of the bike rack to our rear crossbar. more


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7/13/2012 9:26:08 AM



Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video

Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner

Today on our 2011 Mercury Mariner, we're going to test fit the Yakima Front Loader Roof-Mounted Bike Carrier, part number Y02103. We've already got our carrier put together, now we're ready to fit it to our vehicle. We'll place the carrier up on top of our crossbars. We'll fit the head of the bike carrier and it's clamp around our front bar. We'll use the hand knob to tighten down and secure the front clamp. Once we've done that, we can move to the back of the bike rack and secure it at the rear. more


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5/7/2012 1:00:08 PM



Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video

Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner

Today we're working with a 2011 Mercury Mariner and we're going to test fit the Yakima Forklift Roof- Mounted Bike Carrier. It's part number Y02098. We've already got our bike carrier put together and now we're ready to mount it up on the vehicle. We'll set the carrier up on top of the bars. We'll fit the front clamp around our front bar and use the wing nut ant t-bolt to tighten it down. Once we've done that we can slide the cover back into place at rear of the rack, we'll slide the clamp into position, and again use a t-bolt and a wing nut to secure it to the rear bar. more


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5/7/2012 12:59:59 PM



Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video

Thule Domestique Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner

Today on our 2011 Mercury Mariner were going to test fit the Thule Domestique roof mounted bike carrier part #: TH513. Weve already got our bike carrier put together and now were ready to mount it up on the vehicle. Well lay the carrier up on top of our bars and fit the front clamp around the front bar. Well use the included alan key to tighten down our clamp and once the front clamp is secured we can put our skewer back into place. Well fit the rear clamp around the rear bar and again use the alan key to tighten it down. With that our bike rack is secured to the vehicle and now were ready to load our bike. more


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5/7/2012 12:58:54 PM



RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner- Video

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2011 Mercury Mariner

Today we have with us a 2011 Mercury Mariner and well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts TIerod part #: RKY1014. We already have our bike carrier assembled according to the instructions and now were ready to fit it up on our roof rack. Well set the bike rack up on top of our bars. Well feed the rubber coated steel bands around the front bar, reattach them to the head and use the included alan key to tighten them down. Once weve done that we can put the cover back into place. At the rear of the bike rack well fit the clamp around the rear bar and use the wing nuts to tighten it down. more


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5/7/2012 12:57:38 PM



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