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Today in our 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan, were going to be test fitting the Pro Series Eclipse
4 bike hitch mounted bike rack, Part # 63124. With our vehicle equipped with a 2 inch hitch
and our bike rack already pre-assembled, we can go ahead and slide the bike rack shank
directly into the receiver tube of the hitch, lining up the hitch pin holes, installing
and tighten down the anti rattle bolt and safety clip. As you can see with our anti
rattle bolt tying down, it really takes out any moment between the bike rack and the vehicle.
Next we'll go and give you a few measurements. From the nearest point of the bumper to the
nearest point of the upright of the bike rack is approximately 2 1/4 inches. With our bike
rack installed in the upright position, it adds approximately additional 28 inches to
the overall vehicle length and from the end of the bike rack, we have approximately 10
1/4 inches of ground clearance. Next let's go ahead and pull the pin at the
base of the mask tilting the bike rack away from the vehicle and check for rear cargo
access. As you can see with the mask tilted away from the vehicle, we can still gain full
rear cargo access. Now we'll go ahead and put our bike rack back into the upright position
and reinstall the pin securing it. Next we can go ahead and prepare to load up the bike.
First one do the whole down straps so we can set our bike directly into position then we
will use our whole down straps re-securing the bike.