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Using steel pipe for Yakima cross bars
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I have an older yakima set for round bars, to mount on a 2002 ford explorer. I just went and bought 1" steel gas line since I read that it would fit. It ended up being about $20 for two 5' threaded tubes and 4 end caps. Too large by far. Will be trying 3/4" gas line in the next week or so. cheers |
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On 6/13/2017 7:53 PM, wrote:
Welp I have an older yakima set for round bars, to mount on a 2002 ford explorer. I just went and bought 1" steel gas line since I read that it would fit. It ended up being about $20 for two 5' threaded tubes and 4 end caps. Too large by far. Will be trying 3/4" gas line in the next week or so. cheers Steel one inch gas pipe is 1.049 inch inside. One needs the exact ID to compute flow rates for fluids. Yakima uses one inch tube, structural tube being measured on the outside. http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/na...ing-d_826.html -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 6:47:46 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 6/13/2017 7:53 PM, wrote: Welp I have an older yakima set for round bars, to mount on a 2002 ford explorer. I just went and bought 1" steel gas line since I read that it would fit. It ended up being about $20 for two 5' threaded tubes and 4 end caps. Too large by far. Will be trying 3/4" gas line in the next week or so. cheers Steel one inch gas pipe is 1.049 inch inside. One needs the exact ID to compute flow rates for fluids. Yakima uses one inch tube, structural tube being measured on the outside. http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/na...ing-d_826.html -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 I used conduit. It was cheap. It is too light and very bendy and when a gust of wind hits the rowing shell when I'm doing 70, it gets bouncy. |
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On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 12:07:47 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
On 6/13/2017 5:53 PM, wrote: Welp I have an older yakima set for round bars, to mount on a 2002 ford explorer. I just went and bought 1" steel gas line since I read that it would fit. It ended up being about $20 for two 5' threaded tubes and 4 end caps. Too large by far. Will be trying 3/4" gas line in the next week or so. cheers The outer diameter of Yakima round bars is 1.125". The 3/4" gas pipe will be about 1.050" will be a little too small but it may work. Considering that you can buy a set of Yakima round bars for about $60, I would not spend too much more money trying to save money. And I can't think why you'd want anything else. With four bikes on top at 70 mph the mounts never moved. |
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