Escalade Roof Rack and How to

[NathanJax]

The centre bolts. Are the just a plastic retainer that you slide the oem bolt through?

yes

 

[sumo]

yes

What he said lol. I helped lol

 

[PG01]

What he said lol. I helped lol

Day late and a dollar short...
Story of my life

 

[KBones]

Ive finally got them painted and installed. Had them color matched and Cleared.

Sanded and ready for paint

Freshly painted

Fully assembled.

Ok now the how to.
there are 5 bolts per side. 2 on the front end, 2 on the rear and one in the middle. They are a T25 torx Bit. Once unbolted, the whole Rail is Ready to come off. Save all the bolts, your going to reuse them. Repeat for other side.

Now is a good time to Clean the area under the old roof rack. I ended up washing and Buffing those areas. Some of the outlines can still be seen but its on top and im not to worried about it.

Now for the install.

The endcaps on the esky racks are held in by a clip. Pry up on them and set them aside.

There is a anchor nut that you need to install. I had ordered them from Gmpartsdirect.com and they got me in shipping. Here is the part number so maybe you can get them from the dealer cheaper. I paid like 30 bucks for 2 and shipping.

Take one of the Bolts you removed from the original Racks and put in through the nut and install on to the middle Hole.

Take the rack and install it over the anchor nut and slide it back to lock the center into place and match the Mounting holes. Install the 2 bolts for the front and rear. Repeat for the other side

(thats Right Im Rocking a Pink Snapon Driver Gun that i bought for the wife.)

If you have cross bars, install them.

Install all the end caps and relax. Your done.

I just noticed...your rack seems to be on backwards..

 

[sumo]

I just noticed...your rack seems to be on backwards..

Really?? I can’t verify. I’m rackless now

 

[lonestar24]

Just installed the side rails. Even with the center anchor nut the rail sticks up just slightly from the roof. Is this normal? Way to remedy it?

 

[KBones]

I had that issue also. I just removed that center peg and ground off some of it from the bottom side and re-installed it and test fitted. I had to remove them one more time to take a little more off and they fit nice and snug now. They just seemed too tall.

Just installed the side rails. Even with the center anchor nut the rail sticks up just slightly from the roof. Is this normal? Way to remedy it?

 

[crazycrew]

I may have one for sale tomorrow, off my burb if anyone is interested. Mocha steel metallic. I would really prefer not to have to ship it.

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[qcon]

Took about 30 minutes to install. Pretty easy. I just have to remount my awning.

 

[qcon]

Is there a trick to get the nose of the front end caps to sit down flush onto the gasket?