Samples of Expedion Rack setups.
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Hi - Can you provide links to where you read this?
I'm getting close to finishing up a Garvin Expy rack de-rust job (purchased used through here, actually), and I already had to fab rear lower mounts once (the stock ones weren't high enough to get above the swing-away on my Trailgear bumper).
...so I'd like to know if I need to fab up mounts through the rear tub corners instead. Which means I'd need corner armor too, I s'pose.
TIA.
I don't think you will need to go through the tub. However, you will not want to be directly bolted to the frame in the rear. If you fabbed up tabs that when on top of the body pucks then you will be fine.
I too have read on various jeep forrum that bolting to the body in one place and the frame in another is bad. Don't have any direct links, but can confirm that it has been discussed on various forums.
I too have read on various jeep forrum that bolting to the body in one place and the frame in another is bad. Don't have any direct links, but can confirm that it has been discussed on various forums.
Thanks very much.
The Garvin assembly instructions for the rear mount illustrate the bottom brackets as being mounted above the body mount puck, so I found the reference confusing.
And than there's this pix where it looks like the rear struts ARE mounted at the bottom through the tub ...that just totally 360'd me.
I didn't know where else you'd want to put the thing, as originally designed by Garvin LOL ...if you put it on the bottom, you'd be short by an inch or so ...let alone if you had a body lift
...and in my case, the fab'd part is just a taller version of the factory bracket (taller and beefier); yeah, which means I have to shorten the rear braces....given all that, I am fascinated by that Alabama TJ's bottom rear mount points though. If Duane would like to explain? Really 'preciate knowin' what you did there, Duane ....
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m(a)ce
Adventurer
UNI
Adventurer
We also have a Garvin Rack on our Jeep, this is the second Jeep we have outfitted with the Garvin Racks. Very good product and the company support is excellent!
Here is a video with the rack loaded up in the Quachita Mountains (Last Weekend)
Thanks very much.
The Garvin assembly instructions for the rear mount illustrate the bottom brackets as being mounted above the body mount puck, so I found the reference confusing.
And than there's this pix where it looks like the rear struts ARE mounted at the bottom through the tub ...that just totally 360'd me.
I didn't know where else you'd want to put the thing, as originally designed by Garvin LOL ...if you put it on the bottom, you'd be short by an inch or so ...let alone if you had a body lift
...given all that, I am fascinated by that Alabama TJ's bottom rear mount points though. If Duane would like to explain? Really 'preciate knowin' what you did there, Duane ....
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The rear mounts on my LJ for it's Garvin rack are the same shown in the photo.
The bottom mounts are bolted the sheet metal as are the upper mounts. A cross bolt at each upper rear mount secures the legs to the Jeep. To tilt the rack rearward to switch tops or to fold the soft top you would remove the cross bolts and then rotate the rack rearward. The legs pivot at the lower mounts.
I don't think this photo will help much, it didn't in the Photobucket window, but maybe on a larger screen it will help, s here goes:
BTW, the source that causes concern regarding rack mounts to both body and frame is Dave Harriton, the founder and oqner of American Expedition Vehicles.
I agree with Beowulf that a mount that sits on top of or under a body mount isolator would cause no concern.
FWIW, the Garvin's JKU rack rear mounts now bolt to the side of the tub and not the back.
JPK
wagsww3
Explorer
I have an aluminum spacer about a 1/2" thick between the rack and hard top. There is a 3/4" bolt going through the top into the bracket on the inside of the jeep. All of the weight is placed onto the roll cage instead of the top. The holes are drilled through the raised ribs on the hard top and sealed using a thick, black 3M sealant. It has been working exactly as I planned with zero rattles or vibration and it sits as low as physically possible to the roof. I can try to get some close up pics.
wagsww3
Explorer
rack
ARB makes the one that I'm using. It's a universal rack. There are ways to mount to the roll bar other than the way I did by welding. I was painfully short on time and waiting on tube clamps to ship was not an option. Tube clamps with a bracket welded to it would be the preferred method. Yes. The AEV set up is very nice as is everything they build. I will be using a Yakima cross bar in place of the spacers I am using. They are just temporary. It will make sliding the rack on a little easier.
ARB makes the one that I'm using. It's a universal rack. There are ways to mount to the roll bar other than the way I did by welding. I was painfully short on time and waiting on tube clamps to ship was not an option. Tube clamps with a bracket welded to it would be the preferred method. Yes. The AEV set up is very nice as is everything they build. I will be using a Yakima cross bar in place of the spacers I am using. They are just temporary. It will make sliding the rack on a little easier.
UncleWilson
New member
Hate to bring a 5 yr old thread back from the dead, but if you had more detailed pics I would love to see them!