Rear rack mounting problem

[XJOK2PLAY]

Sorry that was no help to ya, Ben.

Some PO before me had set this trunk & bracket up... but the main thing I wanted you to see (that I see) he did to make it work was cut the tubes on the rack and shortened, and rewelded. That enabled him to move the attachment bolts to a different location, instead of the shock bolts...

Sorry it didn't help your situation. I hope you get it figured out.
Bob

[madmax-im]

Yessssssssss!

madmax-im I've got the last two hours in a well almost fruitless search for the 10x1.25 threaded metric couplings. I only found 10x1.50 on alot of sites. My 80G rear shock studs measure 10x1.25 i'm guessing yours are the same. My next step would be to fabricate them myself as Geezer suggests If the rack cannot be manipulated to fit properly. Good luck gotta go wax the Jeep

OK I got it on...after a fruitless search for rod couplings and studs ... I went back to square one....Schming your suggestion to take off the frame rail was exactly right! I removed the frame rail and sure enough I was able to get the rack onto the shock studs...a couple of spacers at all 4 mounting points and YES! Success to the Railroad!!! And note that the license plate is still in its orig. spot So Thanks for getting me to reconsider this option

[madmax-im]

Sorry that was no help to ya, Ben.

Some PO before me had set this trunk & bracket up... but the main thing I wanted you to see (that I see) he did to make it work was cut the tubes on the rack and shortened, and rewelded. That enabled him to move the attachment bolts to a different location, instead of the shock bolts...

Sorry it didn't help your situation. I hope you get it figured out.
Bob

Bob Thanks for trying to help all is appreciated...

[madmax-im]

Ben, don't give up, there is always a way. Remember my tail rack? It was actually from a Suzuki and the mounts were way out of whack for the Yammy, so I had to fabricate some brackets to fit it. I only just got the proper XS nos one this year, so that old Suzy rack served me well for 4 yrs. Take a breath, have a beer, oh it's morning, OK, have 2 beers Too bad we didn't look at it last weekend.

Having my liquid breakfast now...

[Schming]

Customer Is Always Right!

"...he didnt know as his "mechanic" did it..." If I received $150.00 for a rack/ backrest from not only a member but anyone I would make certain that the customer would have everything needed to install it especially on the same bike GEEEEZ!!! C-mon help the guy out make a lousy phone call to said mechanic dude inquiring minds want to know!!!

[madmax-im]

"...he didnt know as his "mechanic" did it..." If I received $150.00 for a rack/ backrest from not only a member but anyone I would make certain that the customer would have everything needed to install it especially on the same bike GEEEEZ!!! C-mon help the guy out make a lousy phone call to said mechanic dude inquiring minds want to know!!!

Yeah but caveat emptor

[Schming]

Oh Well I posted before seeing that You figured it out but IMHO TCAR! WOO! HOO! LOOKING GOOD! That looks great! Plan your work, work your plan, if Your plan don't work You've failed to plan! Next!

"...he didnt know as his "mechanic" did it..." If I received $150.00 for a rack/ backrest from not only a member but anyone I would make certain that the customer would have everything needed to install it especially on the same bike GEEEEZ!!! C-mon help the guy out make a lousy phone call to said mechanic dude inquiring minds want to know!!!

[Schming]

How about this...

[edit] Caveat venditor

[XJOK2PLAY]

Bob Thanks for trying to help all is appreciated...

Any time, Ben. Looks good!

Now that it's on I see the difference, and that's exactly what my PO did different... instead of the bracket going down to the shock to fasten, he shortened it up to bolt closer... and didn't have to remove the frame rail.

But looks good, and I like the look of your trunk! Very nice.
Regards,
Bob

[latexeses]

You could buy a piece of hex stock and have someone chuck it in a lathe, drill and tap for your bolt. A bit of powder coat and you have it. If you had the tap I could do it for you. All but the powder coat...If anyone here or there could do it, you can mail the parts for $4.95 USPS FLAT RATE.
Just a thought.

[fredintoon]

Hi Madmax,
yeah, once you know that the rack goes on instead of the grab rail rather than atop of it, everything goes easy. Of course, the XJ's tail light being mounted on the fender makes things simpler. The cast grab rail XS Special has the tail light mounted to the grab rail so either the grab rail has to stay or the tail light has to be relocated. I too was inventing a special nut that would hold a rack atop the grab rail. Then I realized the stock dome nut could be modified by turning off the hexagon on the inner side of the nut to make a round spigot that fitted through the hole in the rack and just long enough to grip it against the grab rail.

[madmax-im]

You could buy a piece of hex stock and have someone chuck it in a lathe, drill and tap for your bolt. A bit of powder coat and you have it. If you had the tap I could do it for you. All but the powder coat...If anyone here or there could do it, you can mail the parts for $4.95 USPS FLAT RATE.
Just a thought.

Yeah If I had a lathe I could do it myself...as I have machinist skills...something to consider down the road...as it is though I'm pretty satisfied with the results thus far.

[madmax-im]

Hi Madmax,
yeah, once you know that the rack goes on instead of the grab rail rather than atop of it, everything goes easy. Of course, the XJ's tail light being mounted on the fender makes things simpler. The cast grab rail XS Special has the tail light mounted to the grab rail so either the grab rail has to stay or the tail light has to be relocated. I too was inventing a special nut that would hold a rack atop the grab rail. Then I realized the stock dome nut could be modified by turning off the hexagon on the inner side of the nut to make a round spigot that fitted through the hole in the rack and just long enough to grip it against the grab rail.

The thing that threw me for a loop was the the person selling these items showed them mounted on his bike with the seat rail/grab bar still mounted..seeing it already mounted on a bike identical to mine,well I never expected it to not fit. So once I figured out that the seat rail had to come off then it was fairly straightforward from there...

[MaximPhil]

B 4 the Internet

Hi Bne, Glad it worked out. A bit of forum chatter with friends a few beers and it is all sorted.
Before The Internet: BNE would have taken some pictures..... waited a week for them to be developed and printed had to drive to the store to pick them up and written a letter to two buddies( all he had back then) mailed it and waited the week for them to get it another week for a reply which would have read some thing like... i don't see the problem
Tonight:
I read three pages with a happy ending on the forum and had another beer
Phil

[latexeses]

Are garage floors supposed to have that much free space??