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Today on our 2011 Ford Focus we'll be test fitting the Thule Doubletrack Platform-Style
Bike Carrier, product number TH990XT. With our vehicle already equipped with the 1-1/4
inch hitch and our bike rack already preassembled we're ready to go ahead and fit it to the
vehicle. We'll begin by inserting the bike rack shank into the hitch. We'll line up the
hitch pin hole and go ahead and install our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt
in we'll go ahead and tighten it down with our wrench. Now that our anti-rattle bolt
is tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle and we're ready to load a bike.
At this point we're going to show you a couple of measurements from the bottom of the bike
rack to the floor is 10-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the
back of the vehicle is 1 inch. Now we'll go ahead and test our cargo access. We'll fold
the platform into the horizontal position and go ahead and open the trunk. As you can
see, we can gain full access to the trunk. With the platform in this position we're almost
ready to install
our bike.