I have a similar setup with an old Rhode Gear rack. Seeing the possibility of the rack coming unglued for any of a number of reasons, I ran a length of nylon webbing (optic yellow) all along the top and down to the front bumper, leaving it a tiny bit loose. If the rack came loose, I would see that bright yellow rope cinch down in a hurry! You can almost guarantee that the rack won't come loose if you remember to tighten the webbing after ten miles and again after a hundred. Karl Wolz
Also, those racks have a tendency to unclip the bottom straps if you hit a bump (the rack shifts down, and the strap loses tension and the clip slips down off the bottom of the door). I put a bungie cord on the two bottom straps as well to keep them under tension. |
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