Today on our 2008 Toyota RAV4, were going to be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof-mounted bike carrier, part number S64710. Our RAV4 is fully equipped with a full factory roof rack, so were going to mount the fork down directly to the factory crossbars. Well go ahead and set it up on top of our roof rack. Well position the head of the carrier over our front crossbar. Well push our u-bolts up from the bottom and secure it at the top with a pair of wing nuts on both the driver and passenger side of the carrier. With the head of the carrier secured, well move back to the rear.
Well push the u-bolt down to the top of our carrier, fit a clamp around the bottom side of the crossbar and use a pair of wing nuts again to tighten it down. With our bike rack secure, we can start loading up a bike. We need to make sure that the wheel strap of the back of the carrier is undone; we also need to make sure that our skewer is open. Well pick up our bike, place the rear wheel into the wheel tray, and place the front fork down into our skewer. Well adjust the skewer and secure the bike first upfront then well move to the rear and use the wheel strap to secure the rear wheel.
With that done, our bikes all loaded up and were ready to hit the road. That does it for our test fit of the Swagman Fork Down roof-mounted bike carrier, part number S64710 on our 2008 Toyota RAV4.
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4
Today on our 2000 Toyota Rav4 well be test fitting the Yakima front loader roof mounted bike carrier part number Y02103. To mount the carrier to the vehicle well set it up on top of our crossbars. Well fit the front clamp at the head of the bike right around our front cross bar and use the hand knob on the front to tighten down. At the rear well fit the rear clamp around the bar and then use the T-bold wing nut to secure it. Well pick up our bike, set it into the carrier and push the front wheel forward into the wheel hoop. Well bring the rear wheel hoop up behind the tire then use the red hand knob to secure the two hoops around the tire.
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4
Today on our 2012 Toyota Rav4 well be test fitting the Yakima Forklift roof mounted bike carrier Part number Y02098. To mount our carrier to the vehicle well first set it up on top of the crossbars. Well fit the front clamp around our front crossbar and use the T-bolt and wing-nut to tighten it down. Then we can re-install our cover and skewer. Now well move to the rear of the carrier. Well fit the rear clamper on the rear bar and again use the wing-nut and T-Bolt to tighten it down.
RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4
Today on our 2012 Toyota Rav4 well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tie rod roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1014. To mount our carrier to the vehicle well sit up on top of our crossbar. Well fit the front two straps around our front bar, resecure them to the head and tighten them down with an Allen key. We can then reinstall our front cover. At the back well fit the rear clamp around our bar and use the included wing nuts to tighten it down. Now we need to make sure that our wheel strap at the rear is open and that our skewer up front is also open.
RockyMounts PitchFork Roof Bike Rack Review - 2012 Toyota RAV4
Today on our 2012 Toyota Rav4 well be test fitting the Rocky Mounts pitch fork roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY0438. To fit our carrier to the vehicle well sit it up on top of our crossbars. Well fit the front clamp around the front crossbar and use the Allen key to tighten it down. Then at the rear well fit the clamp around our crossbar and use the wing nut to tighten it down. Then we can reinstall our skewer and cover. Now we can prepare to load up a bike.
Yakima FrontLoader Roof Bike Rack Review - 2008 Toyota RAV4
Today on our 2008 Toyota RAV4, were going to be test fitting the Yakima Frontloader roof-mounted bike carrier, part number Y02103. Our RAV4 is already equipped with a factory roof rack, so were going to mount the Frontloader directly to the factory crossbars. Well pick the bike carrier up and set it up on top of our crossbars. Well fit the clamp at the head of the bike rack around our front crossbar and use the hand knob to tighten it down. Then well move to the rear of the bike carrier. Well fit that clamp around our rear crossbar and use the t-bolt and wing nut to tighten it down.
Yakima ForkLift Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2008 Toyota RAV4
Today we have with us a 2008 Toyota RAV4 and were going to be test fitting the Yakima Forklift Roof-Mounted bike carrier, part number Y02098. Our RAV4 is equipped with a full factory roof rack, so were going to attach our forklift directly to the factory crossbars. Well pick up the carrier and lay it up on top of our crossbars. Well fit the front clamp around the front crossbar. Well use the T-bolt and wing nut to tighten down the front clamp. Once weve done that, we can slide our cover back into place and re-install our skewer.
