Yakima Whispbar K887W User manual

K887W
Fitting Kit
EN Fitting Instructions for Basic Carrier
x 4 x 8 x 1 x 1
x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4
x 8 x 1 x 4
Revision No: Rev1 1

Fitting Kit K887W
MAX kgs (lbs)
W/P WHD
Chevrolet
Silverado LTZ, 4dr Truck 15-+ AU 75 kgs (165 lbs) 75 kgs (165 lbs)
Silverado LTZ, 4dr Truck 15-+ US 75 kgs (165 lbs) 75 kgs (165 lbs)
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Items you will require:
●Tape measure
Pen
Flat-head screwdriver
Craft knife
Side cutters or tin snips
Hammer
8mm (3/8") punch
Cordless drill
Depth stop
Vacuum cleaner
Rust inhibitor
Small paint brush
Neutral cure silicon sealant
Rivet gun
First Time Installation
●Remove parts from inside the package and
check. Contact your dealer if any parts are
missing or damaged.
●This kit fits type D only.
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●Use keys to remove covers.
●1. Adjusting Screw
●2. Locking Screw
●Remove Hex Key from right hand cover.
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●Use Hex Key to reverse adjusting screw 10
turns.
●Repeat for all legs.
●Hold adjusting screw in and slide crossbar
in or out as required.
●Ensure each end of the crossbar is
adjusted equally.
●Set bars to length (revert to rear of these
instructions).
●Please check the rear of this manual for
information relating specifically to your
vehicle.
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●Tighten adjusting screw to 3 Nm (2.2 ft lb)
hand tight.
●Remove plastic clamp block by gripping bar
leg with fingers and push firmly with
thumbs until clamp block drops out behind
leg.
●Select plastic internal block (from fitting kit)
and insert into foot.
●Repeat for all legs.
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●Fit rubber pad (supplied with crossbar) to
foot.
●Make sure the pad fits into the holes
underneath the foot.
●Lift and pull ditch moulding back towards
you and remove from the vehicle.
●Apply masking tape to ditch in all four
positions.
●Place mount into position as pictured.
●Line up the centre hole in the mounting
block with the marked reference points.
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●Mark reference point on masking tape with
a pen.
●Treat holes to prevent corrosion.
●Apply neutral cure silicon sealant in and
around drilled holes.
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WARNING: Do not use countersunk screws as an
alternative fixing method to the rivets supplied with
this kit.
●Install rivets through permanent mount
blocks.
●Rivet into place.
●Fit plastic plugs to permanent mount blocks
over rivet heads.
●Installed as shown.
●Repeat for all four positions.
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●Assemble as shown.
Fitment
●Select grubscrews and screw into the
vehicle's fixed points.
●Do not over tighten.
●Repeat for all four positions.
●Fit nut to grubscrew.
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