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Today on our 2010 Infiniti FX35, we are going to be test fitting the Rocky Mounts tie rod
roof mounted bike carrier, part number RKY1014. Our FX35 is already equipped with a full factory
roof rack so we are going to mount our tie rod directly to the factory cross bars. To
do this, we will set the carrier up on top of the cross bars. We will take the rubber
coated steel straps at the front of the carrier, wrap them around our cross bars and resecure
them to the head. Then we will tighten it down with an allen key. At the rear of the
vehicle we will take the clamp, fit it around our rear cross bar and use the wing nuts to
tighten down the rear clamp. Once we have done that, our bike rack is installed
and we are ready to start putting a bike on. We need to make sure that the skewer at the
front of the bike rack is unlocked and open and we also want to make sure that our strap
at the back of the bike rack is also open. Then, we will pick up our bike, sit the rear
wheel into the wheel tray and then we will fit the front fork down into the skewer. We
will secure the bike first at the skewer and then we will move back and use the wheel strap
to secure the rear wheel of the bike. Now, our bike is all loaded up and we are ready to go.