for those in the same situation... as it now I am waiting for BenT clamshell extender... in the mean time I use foam type tube insulator wrapped around the VC tire holder.. it's working. On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 4:05 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Second attempt to send this message. > > I also had the tire floating around when I used the Van Cafe > holder. > > The holder doesn’t use the wires that push down on the tire when > in the clam shell. The wires are removed to install the Van Cafe version. > I actually have a special set of wires that work with it that a garage > fabricated for me as they didn’t like the way the tire floated. > > But, When I put back the shell and used Ben’s front catch the original > wires went back and all was well again. > > I do think though from reading Ben’s post, that the U Bolts lowering the > back will remove the wires so we may need to deal with the floating tire > again. Maybe the ratchet strap trick that Neil mentioned earlier. > > Eric Caron > |
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