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Highland SportWing 2 Bike Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Aluminum
5801200 $124.95
Manufacturer Instructions
Today we are going to show you part number 5801200 from Highland. This is their Sportwing two-bike rack. This will fit 1-1/4 and 2- inch receiver hitches. We will go ahead and install this in a 2-inch receiver hitch and show you how it works. It is pretty simple. It does use two pieces of metal as a bushing to install in 2-inch receiver hitches. If you use 1-1/4 inch, you do not need the bushings. Again, we will show you how it goes together. We will use these two pieces here, that is going to be like a bushing, for a 2-inch receiver hitch. Basically, you just line them up together, like so. And you can orient these either way, depending on the depth of your hitch. So it is not a hard and fast rule to have them a certain orientation. And basically, you just line them up as best you can. Kind of grab them by the edge here, and then you can just go ahead and install it in the hitch. Put our pieces together, grab the ends, and install it in your hitch. And it is going to be loose for now. Install your anti-sway bolt. Take your flat washer and your lock nut - and it is a nylon lock nut - and just go ahead and tighten it down. The bicycle rack does come with the tool for the Allen head but you do need a separate wrench for the nut itself. And we use a 16-mm wrench on this nut. All right, and essentially what this does is that the bolt pulls the whole assembly to one side of the hitch and locks it into place so it cannot move.
Next we will assemble the arms. These just have a pin and clip to hold them in place, because they are designed to be taken off - for instance, if you need easy access to the back of your vehicle. And while we are still at the base here, I will show you that the base itself is steel construction with powder coat finish. But the arms themselves are aluminum material to help save on weight. Next we will show you the cradles here. This is just steel rod material, and it is covered in a generous amount of foam material so you do not have to worry about scratching up the rims on your bike. In fact, that is how the bike is actually held onto this bicycle rack. The rim actually sits in the cradles as aside from the pieces of frame holding it in place. And also, on this piece of padding here, it keeps the frame of the bike from bouncing off the side of the rack and getting scratched up. And this strap right here goes over your tire and snaps into place onto the cradle itself. And these cradles also are adjustable up and down. Obviously, the pad slides and you have this handle here where you can adjust it up and down to suit the width of your bike.
All right, we will go ahead and install a bike and show you how it looks. And you can see, it does sit on the rim. And take your strap, and it goes right over the tires. And that covers our review of part number 5801200 from Highland, their Sportwing two-bike rack.
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