Roof rack feet

[rejeep]

can sombody post up how they mounted there rack to the rain gutters?

[SafeAirOne]

The rack they built or the rack they bought?

[rejeep]

ahh good question I guess...

Im unsure...

I guess I can post what im dealing with and we can go from there....
I jsut cant seem to find a good picture of a roof rack mounted to be able to tell the difference

[SafeAirOne]

I guess what I'm asking is, 'do you need to know how to mount your existing rack to the roof' or is it 'do you need to know how to design some feet to mount to the gutter'?

If you already have something, I'd just post up a pick of what you have and a million answers will pour in, I'm sure.

[HybridIIA]

Some examples in this thread... http://forums.roversnorth.com/showth...oof-rack/page2

I made a dimensional drawing of the bracket shown in the photo I posted. If you PM me your email address, I can send you a pdf.

[ThePhotographer]

Honestly if I were to make my own, they would be as wide as possible. Depending on how many feet you're using, the wider the better. It puts the least stress in individual spots on the gutter. Here's a photo of one of the legs on a patriot rack that came in yesterday.

[osajaj]

Not trying to steal the thread, but i am curious on mounting as well. I have an existing roof rack but it seems that you just bolt the rack via the feet onto the rain gutter, drill holes in the rain gutter. Is that usual? The rack does not have any marking on it and the only mounts i have seen in the past were those with bolt on clamps. Thanks in advance for the help.

[rejeep]

yeah thats not how mine mounts...

I have feet that fit into the gutters and seem to bolt into the gutter....

[SafeAirOne]

Yikes. I don't think there's any need to drill holes in the gutter when you can easily clamp it to the gutter. Even if your rack doesn't have clamps, a small bit of ingenuity will have you going without a hole in the rack or the gutter. Show a pic or two of what you're working with and there'll be 5 different solutions posted in no time.

[rejeep]

these are the feet on the rack...
its square tube, galvy already...

there is a hole already in each of the feel from the PO...
and unfortunately there are 4 1/4" holes in my gutter from the trip home....
they have since been sealed up when I painted and caulked the gutters... hence the present question.

[Revtor]

If the holes are already there from the rack/PO, you might as well just use 'em..

[parrie]

Looking at your pictures I would guess that there should be a bracket that fits into the gutter w/ hold-down clamps and then the rack would bolt to it. The hole in your rack appears to be very large to be bolting through a gutter, can't imagine there would be any strength left. I have a Brownchurch rack on my DII and it is similar to Photographer's photo above...the rack fit's into the gutter then there is a hold-down clamp that clamps under the gutter. Can't say as though I've ever seen any rack that bolts through the gutter.

[Revtor]

yeah, on second thought, if all you have are 4 of those little tabby leg things with bolts, its not going to be too sturdy.. The patriot rack pictured above has it right. I'd attach wider feet and fab up clamps.. Especially if you plan on really using the rack.

[SafeAirOne]

My first instinct says to do something like this, though with a little more thought, this could be greatly simplified:

[o2batsea]

I put in a call to Brownchurch about this very subject a short while back. The holes in the feet are from the factory, the feet are designed to be bolted to the coachroof gutter. They intend for you to drill holes in your precious gutter!
I used to have little one inch c-clamps holding it on, which worked OK. I am going to come up with something different for remounting my rack (just picked up from galvy with a shiny new coat of zinc) which will be as effective but less invasive than the Brownchurch method.