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Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat Trio. This is going to be your roof rack mounted bike carrier. It's going to be part number TR02. The first thing you're going to want to do is set it up with that pad that's here on the bottom, this plastic pad, that's going to sit over your front bar. Then, we'll go ahead and open up our front door, get up where we have a good position, and then simply place these clamps under the bar, like so. Then we'll take our nuts and thread those down over the top.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead 4-bike rack. It's going to come with an 1-1/4" shank with a 2" sleeve, and it's going to be part number S63380. Let's go ahead and take our shank and insert that into our receiver that we have here today. Once you got it inserted go ahead and line up your pinholes so we can insert our anti-rattle bolt. Once you've gotten that anti-rattle bolt threaded in as far as you can, go ahead and tighten that down with a 3/4" socket. This anti-rattle bolt will help to eliminate a lot of the sway, rattle, or wobble that you may have remaining in your hitch as you can see there.



Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 we will be doing a test fit of the Softride Element Parallelogram. This is a 4-bike rack and it comes with either your 2" and an adapter for your 1-1/4" shank. It's going to be part number SR26248. We'll go ahead and fit this on the vehicle. Insert our shank into our receiver. After we get that inserted we'll go ahead and take our bolt, line up our pinholes, and thread that in.



Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today, on our 2015 Ram 1500, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC4. This is a platform style 4-bike rack, and it's going to be part number S64665. It has a 2-inch shank on it for 2-inch hitches only. We're going to go ahead and put that in our 2-inch receiver we have here today. We got it inserted where we want it. Let's go ahead and line up our pin holes.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we're going to be doing test fit of the Thule Vertex Swing. This is a 4-bike rack. It comes with a 2-inch shank. It's going to be part number TH9031XT. Let's go ahead and test fit this into our receiver. Once you get your shank into your receiver, let's go ahead and line up our pin holes.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we're going to be a test fit of the Thule Vertex 4 Bike Rack. It's going to have an 1-1/4 inch shank with a 2-inch adapter. It's going to be part number TH9029XT. Let's go and do our test fit. Take your 2-inch adapter and put it in the 2-inch receiver that we have here today. Once you have it inserted, go ahead and line up your bolt holes or pin holes.



Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today, on our 2015, Ram 1500, we're going to be going over a test fit of this SARIS Bike Porter, 4-bike carrier. This is going to have an inch and a quarter shank, with a 2 inch sleeve on it, and your part number is going to be, SA404B. Insert your shank into our receiver. With the shank in our 2 inch receiver, let's line up our pin-holes and take our anti-rattle bolt and insert it. Once you have your anti-rattle bolt inserted, screw that in. Since we've got it tightened down as far as we can by hand, let's take our 3/4 inch ratchet and tighten it down the rest of the way. This will help eliminate a lot of the rattle, sway, or wobble we may have left in our hitch, as you can see there.



Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we'll be test fitting the Yakima FullTilt 4 Bike Carrier, this has got an inch and quarter shank, with a 2 inch sleeve on it. Its part number's going to be, Y02462. Let's go ahead and do the test fit. Go ahead and take your shank and insert it into your receiver. Make sure that this gray piece is down so you have an easy job inserting it. It also has an auto-locking pin so that won't come out.



SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we're going to be going over a test fit of the SportRack Platform Style 4-Bike Rack. It's going to be part number SR2902. It comes with a 2-inch shank. I'm going to go ahead by starting off and inserting that into our 2-inch receiver. Let's go ahead and line up our pin holes. Once you've got them lined up, go ahead and take your anti-rattle bolt that's included, as you can see there, and insert that into our hole and thread it in.



Swagman Pick Up Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we're going to go ahead and do a test fit of the Swagman Pick-Up Truck-Bed-Mounted 2-Bike Rack. This would be Part Number S64702. First thing we're going to do is you're going to locate the locking mechanism. We'll go ahead and take our key, insert it with the tip down, and go ahead and turn that one full turn, and pull it out. That will allow the knob to be out here to where we can push the nipple in, and pull that part down. With that part down, we will go ahead and place the edge of this on the line on our bed.



Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 we're going to be doing a test fit of the Pro Series Q-Slot. This is a 2 and 4 bike rack. It's going to be PS63138. This is for 2 inch receivers only. We'll go ahead and take our 2 inch shank and insert that into our receiver that we have here today. Go ahead and line up our pin holes. Once you have your pin holes lined up, go ahead and take your anti-rattle bolt and thread that in.



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 we're going to be doing the test fit of the Thule Vertex 5-bike rack. It's got a 2" shank on it for 2" hitches only and the part number is going to be TH9030XT. Let's go ahead and take the shank and insert that into our hitch. Once you get it inserted let's go ahead and line up our pinholes. Once you have those pinholes lined up, go ahead and thread in the bolt. Once you have that threaded in as far as you can get it with your hand, go ahead and use a 3/4" socket to tighten it the rest of the way.



Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 Series Crew Cab, we'll be test fitting the Saris Freedom Platform Style Tilting 4 Bike Rack, that's part number SA4414B. This is for 2 inch hitches, we've got a 2 inch receiver here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. Next thing I'm going to do is we'll line up our pin holes. Once that is lined up we'll take our included anti rattle bolt and thread that through and we'll take our socket wrench and tighten that the rest of the way down. Nice thing about this anti rattle bolt it is going to help reduce the play and rattle within our hitch and our bike rack.



Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 series crew cab we will be test fitting the Saris Thelma platform-style 3-bike rack. That's part number SA4239B. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got our adapter on our shank down there for our 2" receiver here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting that into our receiver. Next thing we want to do is line up our pinholes.



Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 series Crew Cab, we will be test fitting the Saris Freedom Super Clamp platform style 2 bike rack. That's part number SA4025. This can be used for either 1 and 3/4 or 2 inch hitches. We have got a 2 inch hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver.Line up our pin holes. When we get those lined up, we will take our included anti-rattle bolt and lockand thread that through.



Saris Axis Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500 series crew cab we will be test fitting the Saris Axis tilting 2-bike rack. That's part number SA832. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got our adapter here for our 2" receiver. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. Next thing we'll do is we'll line up our pinholes.



Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we'll be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks traveler 5-bike carrier. This is going to come with your 2" shank for your 2" hitches only. This is going to be part number HR9200. Let's go ahead and take our shank and insert that into the receiver. Once you've lined up your pin holes, you'll go ahead and take your anti-rattle bolt and thread that in as far as you can. Once you're unable to get it any further by hand, go and use a 3/4" socket to put it the rest of the way in. This anti-rattle bolt will help to eliminate a lot of the sway, rattle, and/or wobble that you may still have in your hitch.



Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500

Today on our 2015 Ram 100 we're going to be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 4-bike carrier. It's got a 1-1/4" shank with a 2" sleeve. Part number is going to be HR8500. Let's go ahead and take this shank and insert it into our receiver. Once you've got it inserted, let's go ahead and line up our pin holes. With our pin holes lined up, go ahead and insert your anti-rattle bolt, and thread that in as far as you can by hand. Now tightening this anti-rattle bolt will help to reduce a lot of your sway, rattle, or wobble that you may still have left in your hitch.





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