Roof rack

[aron75]

Hello all is there anyone could tell me how to mount this rack please

 

[miktdish]

Only if you can tell me how long the piece of string I need is ..
Or if you could let me know if i'm going to be able to master the Dashing White Sargeant and complete some flawless Weasel Reels or Petronella Turns later this year ....

You could of course help by telling us what car you want to fit this too.
What the roof-rack was previously fitted too.
Where you are in the country,
and post photo's.

 

[aron75]

Ok I am terrible at writing posts and always miss most of the important facts.
It is getting fitted to a 1989 110 defender.
I believe it was fitted to a 110 defender but I cannot work out how unless I drill the gutter.

 

[miktdish]

Yes, the roof racks fit to the gutter as this is where the strength is ....

Your picture (of the mounting clamps) looks entirely wrong.
I would not reccommend that you drill the gutter, that is a recipe for disaster ..

Not my car, just an eample of the style of clamps you need.

 

[Anaconda]

Agree there should be clamps to attach to the gutters, no drilling involved.

 

[aron75]

Thanks for replies but trying to find clamps is a pain I was hoping someone on here has same style rack to give me better idea

 

[Propman]

I had the same style rack fitted to my 90.
It does indeed require gutter clamps.
There may be further images on my hard drive, i'll check after work and get back to you.

 

[aron75]

Thank you

 

[Grebby]

Could you ask whoever you got the rack from?

 

[aron75]

I bought it a long time ago and can't remember

 

[Propman]

Thank you

 

[Grebby]

That's similar to how I remember my brownchurch rack fitted.

Looking at the OPs photo there doesn't appear to be anything on the legs to attach the gutter clamp part to?

 

[dag019]

Looking at the OPs photo there doesn't appear to be anything on the legs to attach the gutter clamp part to?

That is going to by my comment. The clamps are available to buy (LINK first hit on google) but when I needed some for mine i contact brown church direct and ordered from them. but this looks to be missing the mount on the roof rack leg for the lamp to bolt through. I believe some early series roof racks bolted directly to the gutter but that is not something I would want.

 

[Knappster]

There were two types of mounting on Brownchurch racks. One was the clamp type, which has a small section of tube welded to the outside of the leg and the other was flat feet with holes which require the gutter to be drilled. You have the latter. If there are no tubes on the legs fpr clamps, you will need to weld some on. Brownchurch still have clamps available. I bought some spares which I have in the garage in case any fail.

 

[aron75]

Thank you for the info will get to it

 

[Al2O3]

Hello all is there anyone could tell me how to mount this rack please

That looks almost identical to mine, which I bought nearly twenty years ago.
However, mine has metal tubes on the legs

It hangs up in the garage roof when I'm not using it.
Then these clamps go up through those tubes and clamp it to the gutter.

Does yours look like it used to have tubes attached?
The hole in that foot looks like it might have been used to bolt it to the gutter

 

[dag019]

That looks almost identical to mine, which I bought nearly twenty years ago.
However, mine has metal tubes on the legs
View attachment 344532

It hangs up in the garage roof when I'm not using it.
Then these clamps go up through those tubes and clamp it to the gutter.
View attachment 344533
Does yours look like it used to have tubes attached?
The hole in that foot looks like it might have been used to bolt it to the gutter

That is the same design as mine is with the clamps to hold it in place. As mentioned above on the thread there are older versions that were designed to be bolted to the gutter rather than clamped in place. I was careful to avoid these when I was buying mine!.

 

[Al2O3]

That is the same design as mine is with the clamps to hold it in place. As mentioned above on the thread there are older versions that were designed to be bolted to the gutter rather than clamped in place. I was careful to avoid these when I was buying mine!.

I should read more words instead of concentrating on the pictures