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inbx3 · 02-02-2013, 09:18 PM

So I was getting tired of having my cradles rotate everytime I hit with my kayak. The Yakima bars are round and no matter how much I tighten them the alwys end up like this.

So I figured there has to be a way to keep them straight so over to Home Depot I went and $8 later here's the finished solution.

I took a couple of 3/4" electrical conduit, cut it to the correct size, drilled a couple of holes in each end to line them up with the J cradles, flattened out the ends a bit and now they don't rotate.

02-02-2013, 09:18 PM	#11
inbx3 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: san diego Posts: 144	Yakima J Cradle Fix So I was getting tired of having my cradles rotate everytime I hit with my kayak. The Yakima bars are round and no matter how much I tighten them the alwys end up like this. So I figured there has to be a way to keep them straight so over to Home Depot I went and $8 later here's the finished solution. I took a couple of 3/4" electrical conduit, cut it to the correct size, drilled a couple of holes in each end to line them up with the J cradles, flattened out the ends a bit and now they don't rotate.