Just picked up my gx550 and have a few questions and one concern! Hoping someone can help! I bike and have a bike rack from Kuat! The rack itself fits into the receiver on the lexus but the pin is no longer long enough to go through and accept the lock on the other side. I called Kuat and they dont have longer hitch pons! Ive been to three other bike shops, 2 hardware stores and made numerous calls. The bike hitch pins are all the same length and my rack has a threaded hole so nothing works with it. Anyone have recommendations? Also having to remove the outside moulding just to get the pin through is highly annoying.
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You mean it’s long enough to go all the way through the receiver and your rack and it’s threaded??? Mine goes through but not long enough to have the kuat lock to be attached. I need less than 1/4 of an inch? No other bike locks work on this rack. Which rack and bolt do you use?
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Thanks so much. Yes different rack. Also I have the overtrail + and I’m wondering if the box around the actual receiver is wider on these than the other 550s. Really appreciate you sending that. None of the bike shops nor kuat has another bolt that will work.
Are you able to share any photos? pictures of the hitch area and problem would be helpful in trying to see what is going on.
There have been several previous posts on this topic where the owners were able to use a different pin - search under kuat and 1up
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Hi thanks! I’ve tried multiple pins and called kuat. None of them work. It may be the particular rack I have?? I’ll try 1up! It is a threaded bolt with a locking tip on it. It’s particular to this rack. I e tried finding another lockable pin but they’re all too thick to go through the actual rack hole.
Actually look on the LC Forum - several have bought a longer hitch pin from Rocky Mount or a wheel lock from 1up
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I had to get a longer locking hitch pin for my weight distribution hitch, but not sure what you are going to do if a 5/8" pin doesn't fit through the rack. You need a 3.5-4" length.
I have the Kuat Sherpa from 2020 and my pin doesn’t have the threaded end. That being said I have actually put the rack in the truck now. I need to try it and see. There was always plenty of extra length on the Kuat pin when connecting it to my old Landcruiser.
And for what it’s worth, the rack doesn’t insert very far into the receiver compared to my old truck. This is actually really nice because there’s plenty of room to get between the truck and the rack and open the glass. And with the rack tipped back the whole hatch opens easily without hitting the bikes.
