ARB Universal Awning Bracket - Qty 1

Video Transcript for Comprehensive Review: ARB Universal Awning Bracket

Hey everyone, it's Evangeline, and today we'll be taking a look at our ARB universal awning brackets. If you wanna use your ARB awning with almost any type of roof rack, or if you wanna mount different types of awnings to your crossbar system, then this might be a good option for you. So rather than spending to build a custom bracket for your system, this is designed to be a more universal and versatile solution for you. But with almost all things universal, it does involve a little bit more work to make it work for you. The first thing you need to do is look at your roof rack system. Does it have tracks or channels in it And you might have crossbars like these, or you might have a platform rack that also has channels on the inside.

So just take a look at them, see where the channels are placed, and also see what type of channels they might be. Knowing what type of tracks you have will then help you figure out what type of hardware do you need to secure your awning to those tracks. So for example, the ARB awning includes hardware that mounts the awning to this bracket. What it doesn't include is the hardware to mount the bracket to your crossbar system. So since this has no hardware whatsoever, you're gonna have to figure that one out.

Here's some examples of what we have around the shop that will work with this bracket. So the Rhino Rack HD bar requires the HD nuts and then the bolts for the top and our more normal or mainstream bar requires these T bolts with the nut on top. So depending on if you have, let's say, Yakima Jet Stream or a Pioneer Platform or an HD bar, we also have different hardware available for you here at etrailer. Here's some measurements just to help you figure out which way works best for you. So because your track system traditionally, you're gonna mount your awning to these three slotted holes, and then you're gonna mount your bracket to your roof rack system over here.

So for your roof rack system, there's these three holes and they sit two and three eighths of an inch apart. So you have the options between there and then for your awning side, these two holes sit two inches away from each other, and then from the top of the bracket to this bottom hole, that's gonna be two inches and a quarter inch of distance. You have the option to either secure your awning in the upright or in the down position. This will work with your ARB awning because of where the tracks are behind that awning. But if you're using this with other awnings, these slotted holes are gonna be an inch and a half in height.

The center of the top hole to the bottom holes is gonna be two inches in distance. You're going to need hardware for both your awning and for your crossbar. These holes technically can fit up to M eight hardware, but because of the paint coats here, you may find that it is a tougher thing to do. So for our crossbar side, the M eight can be rotated. For the awning side, M six is gonna be the easiest fit, but you may need to drill through in order to enlarge the holes. Here's a good example of using our bracket in a real world situation. We have our ARB awning. This is the eight foot, two inch long awning. We have the included brackets that came with it. So these are little M six bolts. Since you get six of the bolts, we're able to put the bolts through the track of the awning and slide them up to where it fits our bracket. We have our bracket in the upright position because I want this to sit a little bit higher up rather than facing down. And as I tighten down these bolts, I use a separate tool that matches it which is gonna be a 10 millimeter wrench. So of course this whole process is gonna be different for you depending on your awning and your hardware that came with it. Now the tricky part though is figuring out how many brackets you might need because with our truck here, our crossbars sit 32 and a half inches apart, but since our awning is over eight feet long, 32 and a half inches apart is about right over there, meaning I would need a third bracket to get full stability of our awning, which means I would need a third crossbar. So my options from this point onwards are either have a smaller awning, get a third crossbar, or have an ARB platform rack where I don't have to worry about crossbar spread. So hopefully this helps you figure out if your roof rack system is gonna work out for your awning with this rack. This is available as a quantity of one here on our website, so get as many as you need for your system. If you are purchasing an ARB awning directly from our website, we actually kit the roof rack version with two of these brackets. So just get a third one if you find it necessary. And if you already have an ARB rack, then we also have all the other, honestly easier to use clamps because they already have the clamp included and the hardware with it. But for your different awnings and your different roof rack systems and the bracket that gives you the versatility for them, this was a look at the ARB Universal Bracket for your awnings here at etrailer.com. My name's Evangeline, and I hope you enjoy the journey.