Today’s project is going to be mounting a mountain bike on the back of my truck tool
box.
I have this little mounting bracket right here that we’re going to screw into the
top of the box.
I’m going to show you how to make it secure, and also how this guy works.
This way, I can have my mountain bike sitting in the back of my truck and not worry about
laying it over.
It’s just going to be more secure for long rides as well.
So what you’re going to need for this project is the mount itself.
I got this guy off of Amazon.
I’m going to go ahead and link that down in the video description; it’s right below
this video.
So if you want to buy one of these, go ahead and check that link first.
Then I have some m6 bolts, some m6 nuts, and some locking washers that are going to help,
you know, keep it tight - the nuts to the bolts.
And I also have a sheet of metal that I’m going to cut and then I’m going to cut again
lengthwise.
And this is going to be bolted on underneath with the mount so that if there’s ever any
rocking motion with the bike, it’s not just going to have the thin top metal of the truck
box, it’s also going to have this metal to help support it if it ever rocks left and
right.
We’re going to get some clear sealer, and with this clear sealer you’re going to put
it in-between the top of the mount and the truck box.
That way water and stuff will never leak inside your truck box.
And the truck box itself won’t rust.
First thing you want to do is line up your bike where you’re going to want to mount
it permanently.
I like having my wheel in-between the wheel well, which is this guy right here on my truck,
as well as the tailgate.
So I can have the tailgate all the way closed and have space to move the bike around a little
bit.
I also like having this little space right here for the extra wheel on the side so I
can leave my truck open to have…you know, carry other things that I need.
So that is the tentative place where I’m going to mount my bike.
I don’t have anything bolted in yet.
So I’m going to go ahead and take a pencil and just kind of mark the outline where I
want it right here and where the bolts are going to go once I drill down through the
top of my tool box.
I also chose farther up on the lid of the truck box because when the lid is going to
be open, there’s still going to be room between the mount and the window.
If I was to do it farther down, I wouldn’t be able to open my truck box and have it not
touch the window at the same time.
So closer to the lip of the tool box is better.
So when choosing a drill bit, you want to make sure that the drill bit is going to cover
the entire bolt so that there are no threads popping up on either side.
That way the threads won’t catch when it goes inside of the hole.
And that is it.
I’m just going to clean up this edge around here, and this stuff will dry clear so there’s
not too big of a worry about that.
And I’ll scrape off the excess that we don’t need and fill in the gaps of what we do need.
The really nice thing about this bike mount is that not only does it fit my mountain bike,
but it also fits my street bike.
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To deter thieves a little bit, you can probably stick a cable through here and then up and
around the main part of your frame.
And that would keep people from stealing your bike a little bit.
But at the same time, they could still unbolt this bottom part and walk away with your bike.
So this isn’t like a long term, you know, storage solution, but it is really nice to
be able to transport your bike.