My Yakima rack was attached to my Xterra factory roof rack using the 28H mighty mounts recommended by Yakima. After about two months of light use the nut had managed to work its way through the plastic that makes up the mighty mount bracket resulting in the mount coming free. Luckily during a check I noticed the problem just prior to the second mount coming loose and causing a complete loss of the rack, bike and likely severe damage to my truck or injury to other drivers on the road. After examining the mounts on my second rack I notice the same problem beginning to occur.
I guess this is just a WARNING for anyone who may be using the 28H mighty mount, but it may also apply to other mighty mounts and similar mounting systems, who knows but it is worth a look.
I am trying an experiment using washers to fill the gap in the mount that allowed the nut to pull through the plastic, It seems like it may solve the problem but I have not tested it long enough yet.
Has anyone else had this occur, just curious? With a fix that seems so easy (we will see after the test run) for a major glitch I am surprised and very disappointed that Yakima did not catch the problem. I am going to have a hard time trusting my Yakima rack now and any of there other products in the future. It makes me wonder if they even test there products before they put them out on the market. Sorry Yakima but not only could I have lost thousands or dollars in bikes at free way speeds a bike bouncing down the road could have caused serious injury.
I guess this is just a WARNING for anyone who may be using the 28H mighty mount, but it may also apply to other mighty mounts and similar mounting systems, who knows but it is worth a look.
I am trying an experiment using washers to fill the gap in the mount that allowed the nut to pull through the plastic, It seems like it may solve the problem but I have not tested it long enough yet.
Has anyone else had this occur, just curious? With a fix that seems so easy (we will see after the test run) for a major glitch I am surprised and very disappointed that Yakima did not catch the problem. I am going to have a hard time trusting my Yakima rack now and any of there other products in the future. It makes me wonder if they even test there products before they put them out on the market. Sorry Yakima but not only could I have lost thousands or dollars in bikes at free way speeds a bike bouncing down the road could have caused serious injury.