All right, we are installing this foldable wall mounting Tire Rack from Canadian Tire. It supports
up to 300 pounds, and four standard vehicle tires up to 30 inches in diameter. All right,
so here's a warning when you're drilling the pilot holes for the lag screws, you have to drill them
as a little bit deeper than... These are long, otherwise they could break off and fail. So make
sure you follow those instructions. And this is everything that comes in the package. We've
got two of these bars here, and two of the the brackets. That's what it looks like unhooked,
and you can install these from 32** inches wide to 48 inches wide, depending on what you need.
Okay, the first step is to really determine where you're going to put this and install it.
I have a little bit of a cheat code on my wall in that I already have these slats on the wall,
and they are level. So keeping it level for me is going to be very easy. However, what you're going
to want to do is mark out where you want it. Now, if you're going close to the ceiling like I am,
you want to make sure you're not too close, that you're... When you install it, the tires
don't actually fit! So you're going to want to find out where your placement is going to be,
and the first step is going to be to mark the top holes of either bracket where you
want it. And again, if you're doing this near the ground it's the same thing.
You have to drill into the studs, so if you look closely you can see I have all
my studs already drilled out for my slat wall. Which again, it's kind of like a cheat code,
it's really nice for me to be able to know where these are. The first step was to screw
the the top lag screws into either side of each bracket, and install them so they're... I guess,
the L shape is facing out like this. So now you do the top, and then what we're going to do is
make sure they are even and then put in the other lag screws. Now make sure that you are between
32 and 48 inches apart, otherwise the posts that actually hold the tires won't reach.
So we leave the top one somewhat loose, and we use a level to make sure it's well,
level! And then we can install the other two drill the holes for them. Remember to drill pilot holes
with 3/8 inch bits, and install the lag screws and we'll tighten them up. The next step is to
install these two safety pins to make sure that it stays in the down position when you're using it.
So we're going to take this pin, and we're going to slide it through the last link on the chain
here, like so. So it's hanging on there now, we're going to go back up to our wall unit.
On the bottom of each, where it basically retracts and goes back up all right we're
gonna put it in the bottom position we're going to take this we're going to squeeze it in there,
that way we'll never lose this safety pin. Then we'll remove this, and we'll install this into the
screw hole at the back, all the way through on the other side we'll reinsert the pin.
And we'll do that for the other side as well. The last step is to install these tubes which actually
hold the tire in between the two brackets. Now where you position these is going to differ based
on the diameter of the tires you're storing. So because mine are 64 centimeters in diameter,
I'm going to place them in positions one and five. And one is closest to the wall and five
is furthest away. And this part is really not difficult, you're going to take one of these
bolts, put on a locking washer and you're going to insert it through the bracket and into the
end of the tube here and you'll do that for both tubes on both ends. So, for illustrative purposes,
I'll show you what we're going to do here. You'll go from the outside in and you'll push this all
the way through now it'll come all the way inside you don't see it on that side that's because this
room needs to remain flush for when you collapse it and you'll use the allen key to tighten that.
And there you have it! It's not a very difficult job at all.
The biggest... The biggest challenge is just deciding where you're going to put it, and
making sure you have enough room. As you can see there's not a lot of clearance above my tires, but
that's by design. I wanted them up and out of the way, but yeah hopefully this helps. Like I said
very straightforward, easy installation once you know what you're doing you'll be done less
than an hour probably ,especially if you're not climbing up and doing things way up high.