ALLEN C645 Automobile Accessories Instructions

ALLEN C645 Automobile Accessories

Product Information

The Allen Sports S-645 is a bike rack designed for use on automobiles with 2 receiver hitches. The rack comes with a hitch insert, carry arm assembly, and a hardware kit containing all necessary bolts and nuts for assembly. The rack can accommodate women’s style frames with the use of an Allen 900B adaptor bar. The rack has a spine shield to protect the bikes from the receiver rack’s vertical post. The rack has a no-wobble bolt to keep it firmly in place.

Product Usage Instructions

1. Register your purchase at http://allensportsusa.com/about/product-registration to qualify for product warranty and to receive important product notifications
2. Assemble the rack using the provided hitch insert, carry arm assembly and hardware kit. Use the required tools (2-9/16 wrench & 2-3/4 wrench or 2 adjustable wrenches) for assembly. Ensure that both parts are firmly joined together.
3. Install the rack onto the vehicle’s 2 receiver hitch. Never use this rack on a trailer.
4. Load bicycles onto the rack, ensuring that they are securely tied down using individual tie-down straps or additional straps if necessary. Use side mirrors accordingly when backing up as vision out of the rear window may be restricted.
5. For women’s style frames, place one carry arm under the front top tube and with the other carry arm, rotate the tie-down cradle and place the carry in space behind the seat tube and below the rear down-stay. Use an Allen 900B adaptor bar for this application.
6. Secure bikes to the rack using tie-down straps.
7. Install the spine shield onto the receiver rack’s vertical post.
8. Fold up carry arms by squeezing red tabs, rotating arms into an upright position, and using the 70 strap to pull all bicycles together around bottom brackets. The strap should also secure wheels.

Note: Use the Allen S-645 only in accordance with local motor vehicle and traffic regulations. When the rack is in an upright position, the wire retainer on the QR clip should always be in a closed position to keep the rack from falling over during use. The Allen lifetime warranty covers defects in workmanship or material over the lifetime of the original purchaser, but does not cover damage or wear which occurs as a result of day to day use or general wear and tear.

WARNING

WARNING: Bikes or rack falling in road can cause serious accidents resulting in bodily injury—do not use rack on any vehicle on which it can not be properly mounted as described in this instruction sheet.

• Rack should only be used on vehicles with Class III or IV 2” receiver hitches.
• NEVER use on trailer or front of vehicles.
• Bikes must be tied to rack using tie-downs, or additional straps if necessary.
• Check periodically during use taht all bolts and pins are tight, and that rack and bicycles are secure.
• Never carry more than 4 bicycles (MAX CAPACITY: 140 LB) – no tandems, mopeds, or recumbents. Car tail lights must remain visible. Bikes must be securely tied to rack. Use bike tie-downs, or additional straps if necessary.
• Drive conservatively, especially over bumps. Never use off-road.
• Do not use if any part of the rack is damaged, worn, or missing. Contact R. A. Allen Co., Inc. for replacement parts..

CAUTION: Use Allen S-645 only in accordance with local motor vehicle and traffic regulations.

• Install rack and load bicycles only at a safe distance away from moving traffic.
• Make sure that all of rack and bicycles are kept at a safe distance from road and hot exhaust.
• Only operate vehicle with rack in an upright, locked position.
• Bicycles should never extend beyond sides of vehicle.
• Remove rack from car, or fold carry arms down when not in use.

PARTS

ASSEMBLING RACK

STEP 1

• INSERT LOWER PORTION OF RR POST INTO HITCH INSERT SO THAT THE HOLES AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PART LINE UP.
• INSERT THE 3/8” X 3” BOLT THROUGH THE HOLE, AND THREAD 1—3/8” LOCK NUT ONTO THE END OF THE BOLT.
• PIVOT THE RR POST INTO THE UPRIGHT POSITION, SO THAT THE SECURING LATCH SNAPS INTO PLACE.
• TIGHTEN NUT AND BOLT FIRMLY USING TWO WRENCHES.

STEP 2

• INSERT CARRY ARM ASSEMBLY INTO UPPER PORTION OF RR POST, LINING UP THE HOLES IN EACH PART.
• INSERT THE 3/8” X 2 1/2” BOLTS THROUGH EACH HOLE, AND THREAD 1—3/8” LOCK NUT ONTO THE END OF THE BOLTS.
• TIGHTEN EACH NUT AND BOLT FIRMLY USING TWO WRENCHES.

NOTE: UPON COMPLETION, BOTH PARTS SHOULD BE FIRMLY JOINED TOGETHER.
IMPORTANT:
WHEN RACK IS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, WIRE RETAINER ON QR CLIP SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN A CLOSED POSITION TO KEEP RACK FROM FALLING OVER DURING USE.

INSTALLING RACK ONTO VEHICLE

MODEL S-645 SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON 2” RECEIVER HITCHES INSTALLED ON AUTOMOBILES. NEVER USE THIS RACK ON A TRAILER.

• WITH ARMS IN FOLDED POSITION, INSERT RACK INTO RECEIVER HITCH. LINE UP HOLE IN THE BASE WITH HOLE OF RECEIVER HITCH.
• INSERT NO-WOBBLE BOLT INTO HOLE, MAKING SURE THAT THE SHOULDER OF THE BOLT COMES AGAINST RECEIVER RACK INSIDE OF HITCH.
• TIGHTEN FIRMLY USING TWO – 3/4” WRENCHES. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY MOVEMENT OF THE RACK INSIDE OF THE HITCH WHEN

INSTALLING SPINE SHIELD:
WITH “ALLEN SPORTS” IN THE UPPER POSITION, LINE UP THE RECESSES FOR THE NUT AND BOLT HEADS, AND SNAP THE SPINE PAD INTO PLACE ONTO THE RECEIVER RACK’S VERTICAL POST.

FOLDING UP CARRY ARMS

• TO FOLD UP CARRY ARMS, SQUEEZE TOGETHER THE TWO RED TABS ON THE BACK OF THE CARRY ARM ASSEMBLY, AND SWING CARRY ARMS INTO UPRIGHT POSITION.
• THE PINS CONNECTED TO THESE TABS SHOULD “SNAP” INTO PLACE TO HOLD THE CARRY ARMS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.
• REVERSING THIS PROCESS WILL KEEP THE CARRY ARMS LOCKED IN A DOWN POSITION.
• IF BOTH PINS ON YOUR RACK DO NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE THE CARRY ARMS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION, DO NOT USE YOUR RACK, AND CONTACT R. A. ALLEN CO..

LOADING BICYCLES ON RACK

• REMOVE ALL LOOSE ITEMS FROM BICYCLES (PUMPS, BAGS, ETC.), AND CHECK THAT ALL QUICK RELEASE HUBS ARE TIGHT.
• LOAD FIRST BICYCLE WITH ITS CHAIN AND GEARS FACING AWAY FROM RACK. MAKE SURE THAT BICYCLES DO NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH VEHICLE.
• LOAD SUBSEQUENT BICYCLES IN ALTERNATING DIRECTIONS. FOR BEST WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION, LOAD HEAVIEST BICYCLES FIRST, WITH LIGHTER BICYCLES ON THE OUTSIDE. ADD PADDING BETWEEN BICYCLE CONTACT POINTS, IF NECESSARY.
• AFTER BICYCLES ARE LOADED, CHECK THAT ENTIRE RACK IS SECURE AND THAT NO-WOBBLE BOLT IS TIGHT, AND THAT THE RACK IS STILL FIRMLY IN PLACE. VISION OUT OF REAR WINDOW MAY BE RESTRICTED—USE SIDE MIRRORS ACCORDINGLY WHEN BACKING UP.

SPECIAL NOTE ON INSTALLING WOMEN’S STYLE FRAMES:
PLACE ONE CARRY ARM UNDER FRONT TOP TUBE. WITH THE OTHER CARRY ARM, ROTATE TIE-DOWN CRADLE, AND PLACE CARRY IN SPACE BEHIND SEAT TUBE AND BELOW REAR DOWN-STAY. THE ALLEN 900B ADAPTOR BAR IS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR THIS APPLICATION.

SECURING BIKES TO RACK

ALL BIKES MUST BE SECURELY TIED TO RACK. USE INDIVIDUAL TIE-DOWN STRAPS, OR ADDITIONAL STRAPS IF NECESSARY.

ALLEN LIFETIME WARRANTY

IF AN ALLEN BIKE RACK IS FOUND TO HAVE A DEFECT IN WORKMANSHIP OR MATERIAL OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER, ALLEN WILL REPAIR OR REPLACE THE RACK FREE OF CHARGE. THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER DAMAGE OR WEAR WHICH OCCURS AS A RESULT OF DAY-TO-DAY USE OR GENERAL WEAR AND TEAR.

R. A. ALLEN CO., INC.—ALLEN SPORTS USA
60 THOREAU ST. – #161
CONCORD, MA 01742, USA
(800) 722-5536
FAX: (772) 234-5796
[email protected]
WWW.ALLENSPORTSUSA.COM
©2015 R. A. ALLEN CO., INC., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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