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Replaces 1 aeroblade shim for your Thule Hullavator kayak carrier (TH897XT). Allows you to install the Hullavator on your AeroBlade, WingBar EVO, or T-slot crossbars.
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Ellen: Hey everyone. I'm Ellen here at etrailer.com and we're going to be taking a quick look at this replacement part for your Thule Hullavator. Now this goes to the Thule Hullavator that's a little bit earlier style. It's going to be part number 897XT. So you want to make sure that's the Hullavator that you're using. If it's the newer one, this is not the adapter that goes with that.
It's going to look a little bit different for the updated one.Thule usually has a sticker on their products with that part number. So check that, make sure that's the part number that you need, that 897XT. And this should be the one that you need to get it attached to your T-slot on your AeroBlade bars. So let's take a closer look. Talk a little bit more about where this is going to go and how it installs.
So the curve portion is going to go underneath the bracket that attaches it to your bar. There's typically that bracket that goes around and would fit around the square bars, but this adapts it to go into the T-slot on your AeroBlade bars. Now, when that Hullavator was made, there was only the AeroBlade, but now there's the WingBar Evo and other manufacturers make AeroBlades as well.So it should fit in those two. That slide is pretty universal and that's where this is going to fit in. It's just going to kind of slide into that slot and keep it from turning or moving to.
Attach this, you will still need the M6 by 12 bolt to go through and a flat washer underneath the head of that bolt. And it's going to go into the square nuts that fits into that T-slot on your T-slot bar on your AeroBlade style bar. So I hope that helps figuring out where exactly this goes.You do need two of these per load bar. So one for either end of each part of the carrier. So for a complete kit, if you lost all of these, you would need four in total.
This does just come as a single part. So again, if you need more than one or if you lost both, you'll need some additional part numbers.There is an instruction link at our website here at etrailer.com to make sure that you can figure out where this goes. I hope this has been helpful in deciding if this is the right replacement part for you. We do have a lot of other replacement parts for all kinds of Thule stuff and other manufacturers, and all kinds of things. So check them out right here at etrailer.com. Thanks for watching.
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars (6 Customer Reviews)
Replaces 1 aeroblade shim for your Thule Hullavator kayak carrier (TH897XT). Allows you to install the Hullavator on your AeroBlade, WingBar EVO, or T-slot crossbars.The shims work fine but working out how they fit was difficult.The video you created was not much help either and the photo contributed by a user is totally in correct
My photos show what I hope is the correct way as the brackets are tight to the aero bar .
1-be sure ther aero bars are mounted with the flat edge forward!
2. The shim is mounted with the curve DOWN and on the forward flat edge above the square nut.square nut in the grove the shim needs to be floating on to of the rail.
3 a 1” barrel bolt is needed that firs the square nut
4 when inserting the
I am happy the product. It did successfully install & make my 879xt's compatible with "Thule wingbar's evo roofrack"! I provided a picture of how the part installed to assist others.
-Things to note:
-The "cradles" do not mount centered over bars with "shims"... they will be either ahead, or behind the bars.
- These are plastic and hold lots of pressure, & I do worry about durability.
- You must use the M6*16 bots that come with the Hullavator 879xt. I assume the person in the video misspoke and meant M6x16 because M6x12 bolts (mentioned in instruction video) DO NOT come with hullavator 879xt.
-"Shim" adaptors did not come with directions and the provided video was not the best guide for the install.
I hope this review and picture helps others find what they need!
This shim will not work for Wing aero EVO as it said. The mounting bracket does not line up with the track as the mounting holes are opposing. The picture shows a possible mounting scenario but only if the holes are on the same side of the Hullavator base.
Not impressed at all, 1st you need four(4 ) of these. 2nd they're plastic, 3rd they're not cheap $[XX] EACH....Plus shipping, I'll be returning these.
I realize of course this product is of no fault of etrailer
I'm waiting for the fit kit for another car to put up my hullavator
Took about 17 days for the Hullavator parts to arrive, but they did arrive. Can't wait to go out and use it.
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