When using your new Hollywood
E3 Express
rack, please follow
these important recommendations
:
Install the
Express
rack on structurally sound trunks and rear decks
only. If you own a Mini Van or Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), be sure to
read the special notes below.
Never
attach hooks to aluminum, plastic, glass, fiberglass or carbon
fiber. If in doubt, check the surface with a magnet. If the magnet
sticks, it’s okay to use the rack. If not, do not use the rack on the
subject vehicle. The rack strap hooks can damage non-steel surfaces. Hooks may be attached to roof rack
cross bars. Check the contour of the bar first to be certain that it will accept and retain the hook securely.
Clean the surface of the trunk, rear door or deck lid before installation of the rack. Clean the surfaces of
the sponge pads on your
Express
rack. Dirt trapped between the pads of the rack and the trunk can scratch
the vehicle’s paint due to the abrasive composition of dirt.
Tighten all six straps both before
and after
mounting bikes on the rack.
Never place more than 100 lbs. (45 KG) on either the
Express
rack.
Use the upper rubber tie down straps, two per bike when securing your bike(s) to the rack.
Always use the attached Safety Strap after loading all of the bicycles onto the Express rack. This final
Safely Strap should be threaded through all of the bikes, and the frame of the Express rack itself
.
Keep the bicycle tires at least one foot away from the
exhaust pipe(s). Automotive exhaust is hot enough to melt
bicycle tires.
Check the rack, bikes and straps regularly during use.
Drive slowly when used on bumpy or rock/dirt surface
roads.
Mounting the Hollywood
Express
Rack on Your Vehicle:
Your new
Express
3-bike rack comes to you fully assembled
in the box, so there is no assembly to do on the rack itself.
There will be some adjustment and set-up required so that the
Express
will fit on your vehicle correctly. Please read and
adhere to all instructions as follows:
1
. After removing your
Express
rack from the box, loosen the black hubs by turning the hub adjustment
knobs counter-clockwise. This will allow the two sections of the rack frame to move relative to one another
for correct rack placement on your vehicle. Note how the teeth on the hubs interlock into place. See
Fig. 2
.
The
Express
is adjustable to clear small spoilers.
2
.
Adjusting the rack frame
: Position the
Express
rack on the vehicle such that the bicycle support arms
are parallel to the ground, or angled slightly upward at the back of the rack. The rear brace should rest on a
steel trunk lid, or rear door. See
Fig. 1
. If necessary (especially on vans, station wagons and SUV’s) the
upper pads
may rest
on glass. This is because the weight of the rack and bicycles is support by the upper
straps, and the lower pads. Be careful not to interfere with the rear mounted wiper blade if the vehicle is so
equipped.
3
. Once the proper rack position has been determined by adjusting the
Express
rack’s bicycle support arms
and rear brace, tighten the hubs by turning both black knobs in a
clockwise
(right hand thread)
direction,
Fig. 2
Installation Instructions for Hollywood
Model E3 Express bicycle carrier
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