Hey, guys.
John here with realtruck.com.
Today we're going to show you how to install the TracRac TracONE Truck Rack on this 2016
Chevy Silverado 2500.
We've got our TracRac out of the box.
You can see here that it's gonna come with everything you need to put this on your truck,
for both the front and read stands.
It comes with your crossbars, all your mounts to mount it up onto the truck, some shims
to go underneath to protect the top of your bed rail.
And also all your attachment pieces, and your mounting hardware, and the instructions as
well.
So let's get this put together and onto this truck.
So we're gonna take our upright base and our saddle and we're going to put all these together.
And I'll go ahead and show you guys how to do that now.
So first thing we're going to do is grab our upright and our upright base, and we wanna
put this together so as that the sticker is towards the bottom and facing outward.
So it's going to go on just like that.
And then on the bottom underneath, we are going to attach our bolts.
And the ones you're going to use are these ones with kind of the cone-shaped head on
them.
And those are the ones that are going to go in here.
And we're going to tighten these down.
Once we have our bolts in to hold our base on to our upright, then we can go ahead and
attach our saddle and it's going to attach the same way.
Now, here's a good thing to do guys.
Go ahead and hold it up like this, make sure that this is flat, and go ahead and take it
and put it down so it's level and make sure that your upright has a slight angle to it
facing inward and that your saddle is also level.
And that lets you know that you have it on correctly because if you put it on like that
obviously that's not going to work.
So, and that will let you know that you have it on the right way.
Once you know that it's correct then go ahead and put a couple of bolts in it to hold it
on as well.
There you have it, guys.
That's one of our stands put together.
So what we're going to do now is we're going to go ahead and do this three more times for
the other ones.
And get those altogether.
They go together exactly the same way these do.
And once I get them all done, I'll come back and show you what's next.
Okay guys, now that our uprights are all assembled and ready to go it's time to attach our crossbars
to them.
And what we're going to do then is we're going to take these little short bolts and these
square nuts and we're going to actually put these through.
You can see here that there's a couple holes in this saddle here.
So we're going to put these through like so with the nut being on this side, like so.
And we want to do two of those, one in each one of these spots.
Leave them a little bit loose.
Don't tighten them up, but I'll show you why here in just a minute if you haven't figured
that out yet.
Now once we have these started then what we're going to do with them is we're going to take
them and we're going to slide them onto our crossbar.
Now, it's important when you're doing this part to make sure that you actually have this
set in the right direction, which we do.
And we'll go ahead and turn this upside down so those hang down a little bit and make it
easier.
And then we're going to slip them into the slot, this slot right here in our crossbar.
Now I should probably tell you guys though before we get too far here because there is
a difference in the top and the bottom of this.
You can see the top of this has some different ridges and such on it, or the bottom part
of it rather does.
While the top, it's just kind of smooth and rolled, just with the slot down the center.
So there you go.
You have some different steps here on it.
Smooth.
That's how you know the difference.
This is the spot with the stepped areas on it is the ones that you're going to be attaching
the saddle too.
Okay, once we have those attached then what I'm going to do here is I'm going snug this
down so this don't fall off while we're attaching the other side.
And we're not going to get over zealous and really crank them down because we might need
to adjust it a little bit.
So I'm going to leave it a bit loose and then we're going to grab the one for the other
side and we're going to do the same thing with it.
And snug this one down so it doesn't slide off either.
So what we're going to do then is we're go ahead and set this piece off to the side and
build our other one, and it's going to be just the same as this.
And then we'll be ready to start putting them on the truck.
So everything is together here.
The next thing we're going to do then is we're going to attach our tie down eyelets.
And what we want then is you'll find, there's four bolts that look like this.
They don't have any type of screw head or anything on them, they're just flat.
And we're going to start those in the bottom of our eyelet.
And then once we get those started on our eyelet, then we're going to slide them onto
our rack and then we can just twist them down.
All right, once our eye hooks are attached to our cross rails, then we want to attach
our end pieces.
And what we're going to do with those is if you look on here you can see there's one end
of this that's kind of got some ridges that are kind of upwards on it.
And if you actually look at it, you can see it kind of goes up diagonally.
The part we want to put on is the bottom flat part.
And that's the part that's going to go down.
Now, remember I told you we wanted to leave these legs or uprights loose so we could move
them if we needed to.
And this is one of those times because we need to move it in so that we can get to the
hole that's underneath here.
Which really is kind of hard to see, but trust me it's there.
And we're going to be attaching this screw into there.
Okay, now one thing to keep in mind here guys is just don't over tighten this.
It just has to be snug.
It's just to keep these closed in so you don't get a bunch of muck and yuck up inside your
rails.
Now that we've got our uprights all together and everything ready to go there, it's time
to put it on the truck.
So what we're going to do then is we're going to take our rounded shims, that's these rubber
pieces that came in our box of stuff.
And we're just going to take these and we're just going to lay them right about where that's
going to be sitting on the truck.
And we're going to do that on each side and then we're going to put the front one on first
and then we're going to do the back ones.
So I'm going to go ahead and set these shims up on both sides of the truck.
And then I'm going to grab that upright and put it up here and show you guys how to get
it all attached and adjusted on the truck.
Just like so.
And once we have that up in place, then we're ready to get our clamps and start attaching
it to the truck.
All right, so we're ready to attach our uprights to our truck bed.
But first thing we need to do is put these clamps together.
It's really simple.
You're gonna take the clamp and the long bolts that come with it and you're going to thread
them right into the bottom of this.
And I'm just going to use this and run it down a little bit.
And then we're ready to attach it to our upright and to our truck bed.
Then you have these flat pieces here, these are going to go on like so.
And they just sit in here and they are there to help secure it to the bed.
Once we have this all together next thing we're going to do is we're going to attach
it.
And that's a really simple thing to do.
And it's just a matter of taking these.
And you can see how they've kind of got this notch on them here.
That's going to actually sit right in this little indent on the top of our eye frame.
So let's put this up on here.
We're going to set this right up on here.
Now you're probably wondering about this because we have this big section in our bed where
we're not going to be able to put the clamp up there.
But as long as you have these clamps on at least three inches apart then you're going
to be fine.
It's not going to reduce the load bearing capability of the rack system.
However, if you get them less than three inches then you're going to start reducing the load
bearing capability.
So keep that in mind when you're putting this together.
So once we have that in place, I'm just going to take this and run this up in there.
Now, once these are attached then what we're going to do is we're going to take the torque
wrench and we're going to torque these to ten-foot pounds.
And then we'll do the other side and it's going to attach just like this.
So I'll do this one, I'll go over and do the other side, and then we'll be ready to put
the rear upright on.
On the back ones here, something to keep in mind.
Unlike our front where they only need to be three inches apart, in the back, you need
to have them at least seven inches apart.
So you're going to want to make sure that your rack is slid towards the back of your
truck as far as you can go to still allow seven inches in between your clamps.
So if you were to set this all the way back here to the back, obviously there's not enough
space in here because of the design of the truck to allow seven inches.
So what we did with ours is we just set them about half an inch to the front of our stake
pocket holes, and that gives us the seven inches we need in here in between.
So I'm going to go ahead and tighten these up, torque these down, do the other side.
And then all we'll have left to do is adjust our cross rails, and tighten them down, and
then this will be a done deal.
Okay guys, there you have it.
That's how quick and easy it is to install the TracRac TracONE onto your truck.
So remember, until next time, happy motoring.