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Brian Friend (Brianfriend)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 06:11 pm: | 
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Anyone know where I can get parts for d2 adventure roof rack?
tia
brian |
Dee Cantrell (Discodad)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 06:39 pm: |
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Try contacting Safety Devices in the UK |
Mike B.
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 07:01 pm: |
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What parts do you need? If you are in the US, you cannot buy from Safety Devices directly. However, call Dave at 423-578-6887 from www.ThatchedRoofGarage.com and he should be able to order parts for you.
Thanks,
Mike B. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 07:12 pm: |
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rover connection sells just the mounting hardware if that is what you need. |
Brian Friend (Brianfriend)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 12:39 am: |
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Yup, just need the mounting hardware. Has anyone made any home made mounts or am I stuck paying $160 for them?
Thanks for all the feedback.
brian friend |
Chad Meyer (Ccdm3)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:36 am: |
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Believe it or not...my local LR dealer got me the bolts for $15! They also had the whole kit for less than $100.` |
Sean Hanagan (Seanh)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 11:23 pm: |
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What's wrong with the cheap blue tie down straps that are holding it on now? CB hardware |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 02:17 pm: |
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You can just use hex head bolts on the bottom bolt hole. They are 6mm x about 1.25". They have them in SS at LOWES. I paid $4.85 with tax for 10 of them and they are much easier to use than the stupid allen head bolts that come with the rack.
You will be amazed at how much lower you can actually pull the rack down with those hex head bolts too. |
Brian Friend (Brianfriend)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 02:29 pm: |
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Greg,
That is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. Thank you. Do you happen to know the thread for those bolts? Also what did you do about the cover thingy that goes over the feet?
Sean----nothing wrong with the cheep straps holding the rack on now except that they buzz like crazy and anoy me.
thanks,
brian. |
Dave_Lucas (Dave_Lucas)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 03:07 pm: |
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Brian,
A DII rack on a DI? Do you remember how much crap Greg got for a DI rack on a DII? You should remove that rack before they start to make fun of you!
PS. If you need a place to store the rack we can put it on top of my DII : ) |
brianfriend
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 03:35 pm: |
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Yes Dave---I think storage on your dII is a good idea.
brian |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 03:44 pm: |
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Well, Brian, my rack came with the feet clamps, and all of the bolts. I was simply pointing out that the bolts for the rack can be bought at Lowes. Even SS versions. I actually put a bolt, washer and lock washer in the spot I was talking about earlier. All in SS.
I don't have the thread pitch, but I gave the plastic bags they came in to Paul Morgan in case he wanted to use them too. He may still have them, but I don't think Lowes carried but one sized 6mm SS hex head bolt. I'm pulling from memory that they were about 1.25 inch in length, but could have been longer. As long as you have enough bolt to reach the thread and go in far enough to properly seat the rack and penetrate through the threads, you should be fine.
LOWES only had one bolt that fit my bill.
I don't have the size on teh two side bolts as they seemed to be okay on my rack. I just hate those damn allen head bolts for anything that requires some torque. They strip out. |
Brian Friend (Brianfriend)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 05:28 pm: |
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Greg,
The feet clamps seem to be my problem. Any idea how to get around that?
brian |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 08:09 pm: |
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Sorry Brian, not really, unless you buy them or fab some sort of bracket. |
Dave_Lucas (Dave_Lucas)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 09:55 pm: |
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"Yes Dave---I think storage on your dII is a good idea"
Always glad to help out : )
Seriously though if you decide you don�t need/want the DII rack let me know it is only a two-hour drive for me. |
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