How To Remove Roof Rack Cross Bars

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How to remove roof rack cross bars.

Stand on a step stool and examine the roof rack rails at the rear end of your rav4. Reverse these steps to reinstall the crossbars. Assembling and removal of the bars are easy and effortless and requires no drilling. The cross bars are different than the attachment bars.

Removing the roof rack s crossbars can decrease wind noise particularly at highway speeds. If you go to youtube and search for this you ll see the kind of cross bars i have. Thule mounting rack systems attach to your vehicle s roof with a compression clamp system. The cross bars are orthogonal to the car while the attachment bars are parallel to the car.

Roof rack cross bars oem toyota rav4 2013 belki poprzeczne oem toyota rav4 2013. Simply loosen both feet and lift your thule rack off the roof of. Slide the crossbar off the roof rack. You can remove the thule roof bars from your car truck or suv in a matter of minutes.

The roof rack cross bar enables you to comfortably transport the oversized items like canoes bikes fishing poles among others. To get the cross bars off just remove the phillips head screw and pop the plastic cover off the end. The end of the rails feature leg covers that taper down into the rav4 s roof line. Repeat these steps for the second crossbar.

If you choose a system with thule wingbar load bars the new quickaccess interface will allow you to install and remove your roof mounted accessories such as bike racks and roof boxes seamlessly in the t track. It is compatible with a wide range of vehicles although you need to check on your car model before purchase for further convenience. Don t use the roof rack if you do not have the crossbars installed. Remove the end cap.

When the crossbars are removed from the roof rack make sure to store them somewhere safe. Because of this simple design removing the rack is almost effortless. In the video the flaps turn easily after you lift them up.