Surf Racks

Discussion in 'Northeast' started by Bman, Jun 12, 2011.

  1. Bman

    Bman Member

    5
    Jun 9, 2011
    How do you avoid that Horrible vibrating noise while driving down the highway! I have a Subaru with a rack on top with two cross bars. I bought two foam velcro pieces from Dakine to go over the cross bars. Then lay the board on top and tie down the front and back with the straps directly to the rack. Everything is real tight and the board is not moving at all. But as soon as I hit 40 MPH it sounds like there's a drill on top of the car. Is there a way to avoid that?
     
  2. MDSurfer

    MDSurfer Well-Known Member

    Dec 30, 2006
    Try a half twist on the straps. You're trying to break up the harmonic shudder created by the tension on the straps. The half twist may just break that frequency.
     

  3. BeeVee

    BeeVee Active Member

    38
    Sep 1, 2008
    Do the twist. The straps hum due to the wind, like making a whistle with paper and pulling it tight when you were a kid. my soft rack hummed like crazy, tried the twist and now its gone.
     
  4. Kaptman

    Kaptman Well-Known Member

    54
    Mar 7, 2011
    More twists the better.