Me again... 2001 EX. Purchased a Yakima roof top carrier for our long trips. Found out the Ody doesn't have cross-bars... hey, I never thought to look UP when I bought the vehicle! Anyway, I think it is criminal that you spend $30K on a vehicle only to spend an additional $109 to get the "roof rack" to actually function. I went with the OEM bars to keep the carrier "low profile."
I was installing the bars last night and I have a question (yes, there IS a reason for this post). Both bars have one side that can "slide" an inch or so... so that the bar will fit no matter where on the roof rack you position them (the rack narrows toward the back of the vehicle). My bars have two screws on this sliding portion and when I tried to tighten them, they would not tighten... at all! I could losen and remove them, but not tighten past a certain point. Are these just retainer screws? Should I be able to tighten the screws so that the end piece is snug? The end piece is still lose and it seems like this would cause a lot of rattle during highway driving.
Note: the cross-bars certainly need to be installed with the proper side forward. They look like an airplane wing and putting them on "backwards" would cause a lot of wind noise.
I was installing the bars last night and I have a question (yes, there IS a reason for this post). Both bars have one side that can "slide" an inch or so... so that the bar will fit no matter where on the roof rack you position them (the rack narrows toward the back of the vehicle). My bars have two screws on this sliding portion and when I tried to tighten them, they would not tighten... at all! I could losen and remove them, but not tighten past a certain point. Are these just retainer screws? Should I be able to tighten the screws so that the end piece is snug? The end piece is still lose and it seems like this would cause a lot of rattle during highway driving.
Note: the cross-bars certainly need to be installed with the proper side forward. They look like an airplane wing and putting them on "backwards" would cause a lot of wind noise.