TracRac IM TracRac - Manual (Page 12)

12 TracRac INSTRUCTION MANUAL TracRac Inc. 994 Jefferson Street, Fall River, MA 02721-4893 • 508-677-4130
TIPS FOR CARE AND MAINTENANCE
If You Plan To Remove Your Rails
1. Place a thin strip of rubber tape or rubber mem-
brane (roofer’s tape) on the underside of the plastic
shim before you position the base rails on the truck.
A fresh coat of wax is also recommended. This will
reduce friction/chafing over time.
2. Tape or glue the brass pocket nuts to the rubber
expansion blocks before inserting them into the
stake pockets of the truck. This will insure that you
don’t drop the nuts into the stake pockets if you
loosen them to remove the rails.
General Care
Periodically retighten all fasteners and check the
torque on the rubber expansion blocks (we recom-
mend checking every 4 months). Over time, with
repeated use, the TracRac may loosen slightly.
2. Salt, soap scum, and other debris may inhibit the
slide of the racks and accessories, over time.
We find that spraying the rails occasionally with
Armor-All or
Armor-All Armor-All Son-Of-A-Gun will enhance sliding. Son-Of-A-Gun Son-Of-A-Gun
3. If racks or accessories don’t slide easily even
after spraying/wiping down; there are two other
likely solutions:
a) Your rails are not parallel; re-measure,
loosen, adjust and retighten carefully.
b) Your overhead racks are unevenly tightened/
out of position. To adjust, slide the base of
the overhead rack up against the safety lock-
ing bolts at the rear of the base rails, left and
right. Tighten the knobs, loosen fasteners,
pull each rack corner to the outside (away
from the bed), measure to confirm that the
crossbar is centered, and tighten down again
carefully.
4. The knobs on your TracRac are made from
stainless steel. To prevent them from seizing up,
we find that applying some Never-Seize type
Never-Seize Never-Seize
lubricant works wonders (common household
Vaseline can suffice).
Vaseline Vaseline
5. When mounting lights or other electrical
systems to your TracRac, do not use any component
of the system as a ground or to carry an electrical
current. Always run 2 wires to the electrical unit
- one positive lead to the switch for power and one
ground lead to the frame of the vehicle. Make sure
the power lead has an appropriate size fuse.
Truck Bed
Roofer’s
tape
Glue
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