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Truck Bed Bike Rack

Step 5Hoop Tie-downs

Hoop Tie-downs
5/16" Eye Bolts and threaded Knobs are used to tighten the Hoop Straps against the rear wheel.

The eye of the bolt will have to be opened up slightly in order to feed the bolt through the hole in the Hoop Strap.

The eye bolts should be long enough (4" to 4 1/2") so that there is room left on the bolt shaft to pull the hoop down against the tire when the knob is tightened.
In other words (as shown in the pictures) the eye portion of the eye bolt is not bottomed out against the beam - it leaves room for adjusting effective Hoop Strap length)
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