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Ok so I have a yakima holdup, 6mos old. If you have this rack, you know it has a spring loaded pin which allows you to set it up, level, or angled down for rear door access.
So, today on a long drive, twice it spontaneously dropped to the angled down position. Scared the crap out of me, I thought the bikes were gone. Luckily they held tight.
Best I can tell, what's happening is, as the rack sways back and forth, with weight on the rack, the pin slowly works it's way out and the constant weight prevents it from snapping back in. The first time I wondered if the pin wasn't in all the way, so I made damn sure it was all the way in the second time. After that I was able to use a tie down to mummify the red knob and make it the rest of the way with no issues.
I should mention mine sways a lot because I have an 8 inch hitch extension to clear my rear tire.
First thing I'll try is to grease the hell out of the pin so that, hopefully, it works itself back in as often as it works itself s little out.
Any other ideas? I can warranty it too, it's from a dedicated rack store so they may have experience with this.
So, today on a long drive, twice it spontaneously dropped to the angled down position. Scared the crap out of me, I thought the bikes were gone. Luckily they held tight.
Best I can tell, what's happening is, as the rack sways back and forth, with weight on the rack, the pin slowly works it's way out and the constant weight prevents it from snapping back in. The first time I wondered if the pin wasn't in all the way, so I made damn sure it was all the way in the second time. After that I was able to use a tie down to mummify the red knob and make it the rest of the way with no issues.
I should mention mine sways a lot because I have an 8 inch hitch extension to clear my rear tire.
First thing I'll try is to grease the hell out of the pin so that, hopefully, it works itself back in as often as it works itself s little out.
Any other ideas? I can warranty it too, it's from a dedicated rack store so they may have experience with this.