rack attachments will work loose over time

After 3 weeks on Camry? Then 10 days on the Forester? Both cases, the rack
was professionally installed. For the record, my 1989 Camry NEVER had any
problems with the Yakima rack loosening. Granted, I removed it once in a
while, to take the car through the car wash, but I drove 1000's of miles
with the rack on.

Even though, I only used Thule feet on both the 2003 Camry & Forester, I
still believe the Thule feet to be innocent.

"Mary Malmros" wrote in message
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writes:

I had it professionally installed twice: Once on 2003 Camry LE, then on
a
2004 Forester XT. It came loose from the Camry, but I caught the
problem &
corrected it; one of the Thule towers was coming loose off of the car.
(You
need Yakima or Thule towers to attach it to your car.)

I don't have specific knowledge of your setup; however, IME _all_
rack attachments will work loose over time, due to jolting and what
have you. You need to check them thangs periodically and tighten
the cams (or whatever) as needed. It's not much and it's not
frequent, but my rack needs minor tightening about once a year. Let
it go much longer, and yeah, it can get very loose indeed.
Dangerously so.

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Mary Malmros
Some days you're the windshield,
Other days you're the bug.