rack bars:
try your gas company.  if you see a gas utility worker, ask him if he knows
if there's any unused short lengths of steel, plastic coated one inch gas
pipe.  the plastic coating gives it the extra thickness you want.  it will
be yellow.  these short lengths are perfect for your rack but unusable and
just get junked because of unusable lengths.

chris c
----- Original Message -----
From: "Damon Campbell" <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Camper Roof rack questions..

> Not that mr. Lee needs any verification on this, but i
> just went through this process to get a long tube to
> span the width of the rear hatch on my westy.  I
> called a bunch of places, and 1 1/8 tubing is next to
> impossible to get...
>
> However, as was mentioned, plumbing pipe (which seems
> to be what Yakima used, anyway) works well, and is
> cheap.  I just also purchased a shower curtain rod
> sleeve (just a split plastic tube) that i wrapped
> around the pipe - looks stock, and cost all of $10 for
> everything.
>
> Gary's racks are, i am quite sure, infinitely cooler,
> though.
>
> -Damon
>
>
> --- "G. Lee" <gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET> wrote:
> >
> > Yakima load bars are 1 1/8" OD (outside diameter)
> > including the plastic
> > coating.  This is an uncommon size of tubing,
> > usually hard to get.
> >
> > Some older Yakima carriers require exactly 1 1/8"
> > load bars, meaning
> > anything other than 1 1/8" will not work.  I think
> > their newer bike carriers
> > are more universal and can accommodate a variation
> > in tubing diameter.
>
>
> =====
> '84 Westy (Sparky)
> '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma)
>
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