Unaka Gear Co 1003-MB53-01 Ford Transit High Speed Low Drag Cross Bar Installation Guide

October 30, 2023
Unaka Gear Co

Unaka Gear Co 1003-MB53-01 Ford Transit High Speed Low Drag Cross Bar

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Product Information

The product is a mounting kit for a solar panel. It includes various components such as T-nuts, washers, locknuts, flat washers, hex bolts, hex head bolts, cross bars, and a solar panel spacer. The cross bars are made of 5052-H32 material and the other components are made of 18-8 SS material. The kit does not include a solar panel.

Product Usage Instructions

  1. Take out all the components from the kit and verify that all the components are present as per the list in the manual.
  2. If the solar panel is not pre-drilled for the cross bars, use the provided holes in the cross bars as a guide to drilling holes in the solar panel.
  3. Slide T-nut 6 into 8020 on side rails.
  4. Bolt the solar panel to the cross bars using item 8 between the crossbar and bottom of the solar panel. Apply anti-seize during this step.
  5. Carefully lower the solar panel assembly onto 8020 and secure it in place with bolts and washers. Apply blue Loctite 242 during this step.
  6. Torque bolt solar panel to the crossbar.
  7. Bolt solar panel and bars to 8020 side rails.

Note:
Two extra quantities of items 5 and 3 and one extra quantity of item 2 are provided in the kit. The dimensions mentioned in the manual are in inches and do not scale the drawing. Apply angular tolerance of 0.5 and one/two/three place decimal tolerance of 0.1/0.01/0.005 respectively.

Parts List

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Dimension

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ASSEMBLY

  1. QTY 2 EXTRA OF ITEMS 5 & 3 AND QTY 1 EXTRA ITEM 2 ARE PROVIDED
  2. SOLAR PANEL DOES NOT COME WITH KIT
  3. HOLES IN THE CROSS BAR ARE FOR 200W-RICH SOLAR PANELS, OTHER PANELS MAY REQUIRE DRILLING HOLES IN SOLAR PANELS TO MATCH MOUNTING SLOTS IN CROSS BARS
  4. BOLT SOLAR PANEL TO CROSS BARS PLACING ITEM 8 BETWEEN CROSS BAR AND BOTTOM OF SOLAR PANEL.
  5. USE ANTISIEZE DURING THIS STEP.
  6. SLIDE T-NUT 6 INTO 8020 ON THE SIDE RAILS
  7. 3. CAREFULLY LOWER SOLAR PANEL ASSEMBLY ONTO 8020, AND SECURE IN PLACE WITH BOLTS AND WASHERS. **USE BLUE LOCTITE 242 DURING THIS STEP.
  8. TORQUE

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