mgfx
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I have just aquired a 1991 Hymer B544 which came complete with a bike rack for 3 bikes, but which does not have any clamps with it. I have seen this type of rack on pictures of A class Hymers of this era, but I don't think I have ever seen any clamps on them. The tube sizes seem odd, 32mm for the main section, and 25mm for the top tubes which hook on to the top mounting brackets, and 25 mm for the black cross tube. There is another short 25mm black tube, mounted on the the cross tube with a U bolt, which carries two brackets similar to those used on the van as fixing points for external screens and for hooking the side locker straps.
It is mounted by hooking over the two top mounting brackets, and then bolted at the bottom through an aluminium section which is fixed to the van.
There is nothing on the rack other than a very faded "Hymer" sticker and an equally faded 50kg maximum load warning. I thought it might be made by Omnistor, but there is nothing I can find on their models which give me any clues.
Could anyone enlighten me as to how this rack works please? I was fine with our old vans Fiamma Carrybike 200, also very old, but this one has got me beat so far!
I hope I can upload a couple of pictures which may help.
TIA