Putting Complete Roof Bars And Cycle Carrier Assemble On Mk3 In One Go

[mattkb]

Can both roof bars on a Galaxy 09 be put on car as a complete assembly with the cycle carriers in one go?

 

I have 3 cycle carriers bolted onto 2 roof bars which I keep bolted together as an assembly. (See attached sketch). I used to have a 2003 galaxy which had roof rails which meant that my wife and I could lift the entire assembly (as sketch ) onto the car and simply close the Jaws clamped around the roof rails.

 

This meant that I could put the cycle carrier assembly on the car in a matter of seconds without having to reassemble the carriers to the roof bars. All bolts could also be left torqued up etc.

 

I now have a 2009 galaxy which has a T slot in the roof and no roof  external rails.

 

If I replace the existing roof bars (which have jaws) for new bars which fit in the T slot , is it possible to slide the entire assembly on to the car again? Is there sufficient space in the slot to slide the assembly out?  It looks like I might have to remove the cycle carriers to separate each roof bar and remove them one at a time!

 

Or Can you get roof bars which perhaps expand into the T slot?

 

Also, which roof bars would you recommend?

 

Thank you for your advise.

[Rjnatkin]

Hi there, I have just bought a galaxy with the t track roof tracks after changing from a mk2, and doing exactly the same with my bike racks like you. I have bought new roof bars, and cannot see a way of putting roof bars and bike racks on at the same time. One bar needs to be put on then slid into the correct position and then the second bar.

I have also found that my bike racks do not fit as the bars have a larger diameter. The bars have a grove in the top which I believe will be comparable with Thule T track (similar names) mounts, screws with a square head, slide into the grove on bar. These screws will arrive latter in the week so I will test it all then.

Regards

Rob

[mattkb]

Thanks Rob for you reply. Please let me know how you got on.

 

Its such a pain having the dismantle the whole assembly!

 

Regards,

Matt