 Equip your general for the front line with the all-new Expedition and GP Gen 2 racks from Razorback Off-Road Hi, my name is Andrew Varga with Razorback Off-Road and today we're going to be doing a rack installation video for the Polaris General Recently at Razorback Off-Road we came out with two brand new racks for the Polaris General We have the Polaris General Cargo Rack, which does not include a tailgate And we also for the first time have included the Polaris General Expedition Rack, which it does include the tailgate So we're going to be doing the video for the Expedition Rack today But this video will also work for the Polaris Cargo Rack, Polaris General Cargo Rack, and I'll just get right into it So to begin what you do is you want to tilt the bed back And the reason why you want to tilt the bed back is so that you can have access to these panels And what you're going to want to do is when you you want to start with the sides and you want to take these Panels off so you can have access to these mounting holes right here on the bed rail So when with the bed tilted back, you're going to want to take off this side bolt here a lot of the newer machines have a quick Disconnect bolt here, but for this instance, you're going to want to grab a T40 Torx fit and you're going to want to remove this bolt So once you remove this bolt you're just going to put this off to the side And you're going to gently lift up this panel like so And it'll just pop off just like that And then this gives you nice access into the bed panel here So included in your hardware kit that we provide you, you're going to want to grab the 516th bolt and the large washer And what this is is this is the anchoring system that holds the rack onto the bed And you're just going to be installing one of these And so you're going to want to have The bolt the washer and you're going to want to put that onto The forward most hole on the rail of the side rack Then you're going to take your anchor And you're going to place that on the bolt We've included this laser cut piece here And you're going to want to put this on first And then this is the nut that actually locks the rubber into place so that way it doesn't spin When you're tightening tightening it down And what you're going to want to do is you're going to want to Give it a squeeze and then you want to just kind of start this bolt onto the rubber not all the way But you just want to get it started so that way it kind of Holds it on there when you go to install the side onto the machine So once you have that What you're then going to want to grab is we have This longer 516th bolt and same thing make sure you have the large washer on top And you're going to want this plastic Anchor that goes on the bottom side of the bed and this will go on there like this And then you want the smaller 516th washer To go on the bottom there And then we include this nylock and it'll go on the bed in that order Okay, you want to kind of have this on hand with you when you go to install the side Of the rack So I'll go ahead and do that So you want to grab your rack Okay So you're going to want to place the side onto the bed rail up here and with the hardware in hand you're going to go ahead and Place the hardware through the front of the bed here in a place The bottom plug here You need to place your washer and nylock On the bottom and then just Just gently tighten it for now. You don't need to worry about tightening it just yet And now once you have that installed you're going to move to the back part of the rack And you're going to grab the same hardware And you're going to Place it on this back hole In the bed and you're going to do the same thing Put the plug in the bottom rail here And then just get everything started Okay Once you have that on there Now you can go ahead and begin to tighten the side And what you're going to want to do is you're going to want to grab a Half inch socket and a half inch box wrench to tighten down These anchors onto the bed What I typically do to start tightening this down is I start with this front rubber plug And I just make sure that the side is pushed up against the bed We have a flange bent right here. So you want it up against the bed And then it's got some holes here in the middle and they're their access holes And you can see the other holes in the bed rail right here And just just try to align them as best as you can and then once that's there you go ahead and just start tightening this front plug And then this is where you're going to need your box wrench And you're going to go ahead and tighten the front anchor On the side up here You're going to want to tighten this to where it's fairly snug But you don't want to tighten it too much to where it starts bulging the bottom side of this bed rail where this hole's at So you want it snug But not so much to where it starts bulging out the bottom of the bed itself and then you're going to want to kind of snake kind of snake in this box wrench a little bit It's going to take kind of a little bit of finesse here And then you'll hold it on the bottom of that nut and you'll do the same thing as you'll tighten up This bed So once you have this final anchor tightened down here in the back You're going to want to go ahead and reinstall your side panel So grab your side panel It does have one tab in the back and then it has four tabs on top So you want to slide it in slide in this back tab first And then the other hole the other tabs will fall right into the holes and you want to kind of Push it in see how it popped in there like that Then you're going to push it down Grab your torques your torque screw here and go ahead and Tighten this side panel back onto the machine. All right And once that once you have the panel on and the screw tightened down You're going to do the same exact thing to the other side So once you have the other side installed what you're going to want to do is flip the bed back up Okay lock it into place and now you're going to put your basket tray on top So you'll grab your tray and you'll lightly place it on the brackets on the sides okay And now you're going to want to grab your quarter inch hardware So we included quarter inch bolts and nuts and you're going to want to Fasten the basket tray to these brackets that are on the sides now So take your quarter inch hardware place the bolt Through the top hole here in the front and you're going to want to take your washer And just get it started don't tighten anything down yet because you may need to make some adjustments to the basket When you're going Or when you're done placing all these bolts in there Okay So we have two quarter inch bolts That are going to be on in the inside of the tray and then you're going to want to place two on the back part of the tray back here So once you have these bolts started on this side The reason why I want you to leave them loose is just in case you need to kind of shift the basket A little bit to get the holes to align on the other side So once you have these bolts in place, I just want you to move immediately to the other side and then same thing Just put put the bolts in place So once you have all the bolts in place what I want you to do is is to take a step back And look to see how your tray is justified in between the two sides So what you're going to want to do and you're what you're going to want to make sure is You're going to want to leave a gap On each side Of the tray here. So there's this outer flange That is in the on the tray And you're going to want to make sure that there's about In this case, I have about a quarter of an inch or so on each side It's going to vary from machine to machine But you're going to want to leave a little bit of gap there that way When you're going down the trail or wherever you're riding it doesn't vibrate or make noise You want to leave a little bit of gap there So once you feel comfortable with how you place your tray You're going to want to have these tools on hand You're going to want to have a 3 8 socket which is going to be used for the bolts You're going to want to have a 7 16 box wrench which is going to be used for the nylof nuts And what you want to do is you want to start with the bolts in the back of the tray And then you're going to want to do the bolts that are on the bottom of the tray So go ahead and start on the on the back The reason why you want to start on the back Is so that it pulls the tray and makes sure that it's seated up against this back bracket Towards the cab Once you have one side tightened just make sure that The other side has about the same gap And then go ahead and begin to tighten The backs So once you finish tightening the bolts on your tray For the general 1000 cargo rack people This is you're done at this point, but for those who have bought the expedition rack You're going to want to now move ahead to installing the tailgate So to begin installing your tailgate, you're going to want to grab the latch receiver bracket You're going to want to grab your quarter inch hardware So that would be the quarter inch bolt and the nut And you're going to want to install it on the welded bracket on the left side of the rack And when you do once again, don't tighten this down all the way But it makes it easier if you Tighten it a little bit So you're going to want your three-eighth socket and seven sixties box wrench And just lightly tighten it Don't tighten it all the way So once you have this snug you want it to be able to adjust a little bit So that way when you install the other components on your tailgate, you can make your adjustments necessary Now we're going to go install the hinge brackets on the other side So next we're going to install the hinge plates And you're going to want to grab your hinge plate You're going to want to grab your five sixteenth socket cap screw and your nylock Five sixteenths nylock nut And you're going to want a quarter inch allen wrench to tighten these down Okay When you take the bracket be sure that it's underneath Make sure that these hinge plates Are on the bottom And and same thing you're going to want to Start all these bolts, but don't tighten down all the way just yet So I would get all the bolts started first once again. Make sure it's on the bottom So go ahead and get all these bolts started So once you have all the bolts in place for your upper and lower brackets You're going to want to take your quarter inch allen wrench and your half inch box wrench And you're going to want to tighten them down But not all the way you're still going to want to be able to move this bracket left and right And the reason for that is so that you can make any adjustments that are necessary to get your tailgate to align just right All right now that you've tightened your bolts a little bit and make sure that these brackets can still move freely You're going to want to now go and grab your tailgate But before we do install it, there is one more thing that we need to Make sure we install before we put it onto the machine. So we'll go ahead and do that And what you're going to want to do is you're going to want to grab some blue thread locker Okay, and you're going to want to dab a little bit on there And the reason why you want to do that is so that way it does not vibrate off When you're on the trail and once you've done that Now you can go ahead and place this on the machine A little trick if you're by yourself, I would recommend that you Have a buddy use the buddy system to install the tailgate that way it doesn't fall on you when you're trying to put it in place but a little trick to do when you're by yourself is you can actually Install it onto the latch plate Over here and it holds it pretty well. But like I said, it's much better if you have two people and then what you're going to do Is the reason why I left those brackets list is now you can turn the brackets to align it with your tailgate So the trick of this is you're going to want to take your shoulder bolt And you want there's smaller washers and these are The washers you're going to want to put place in between the upper hinge plate on the tailgate Okay, so you're going to want to install that and then you're going to want to install it also underneath in between there Okay, and sometimes it takes a little It's a little tricky, but It's doable So you want to make sure that you have the washer Washers in between all of the plates And then you'll take your five sixteenths flange nyloc nut and then you're going to just Just get it on there so that way it doesn't pop out And you're going to do the same thing to the bottom So to tighten down these bolts, you're going to want to have a three sixteenths Allen wrench and a half inch box wrench And you're going to want to go ahead and tighten these down all the way This one go ahead and tighten them down all the way Okay I'm going to now go into how to align the tailgate onto the back of the machine So to align your tailgate what you want to do is you want to take a step back and look at your tailgate In relation to the sides of your machine and what you're going to want to do is you're going to want to kind of just make sure that it's evenly a place between the two sides And that's why I let you leave these brackets loose because now you can see how I can make the adjustments Necessary to make sure my tailgate is centered on my machine Once you once you're happy with your tailgate placement What you're going to do is you're going to tighten down this left-hand side bracket You're going to go ahead and snug that down now Once you have this left bracket tightened down You're going to move over to your hinge side. So now that you centered it One little trick that I like to do is I Like to begin and I'll tighten Maybe two out of the four bolts on each one but It's kind of a little feel And I'll explain why So I'll tighten two of these Two on the bottom and then I'll tighten two on top And this this trick always just has worked for me And I'll explain why So you get get them to tighten but you still can move it up and down So you want it to be able to kind of hold where you stick it And what I like to do is I'll actually raise kind of cheat the tailgate In the up position the reason why I do that Is so that when I let it go the weight of the tailgate will actually bring it to where it's perfectly centered Into this receiver bracket on the left And if you do have a spare tire or anything else that you're going to be placing on the tailgate You'll want to cheat it even more right because the weight of the the weight of those Objects on the tailgate is going to make it sag even more So like I said what I try to do is I try to cheat it Cheat it up a little bit to where it holds in place and then Once I do that I'll go ahead and begin To tighten all these bolts down So once you've made sure that all of your Bolts are tight here You're you're going to want to go back to your receiver bracket And if you notice that it doesn't quite latch Correctly, but you notice that okay My plate is centered within the receiver bracket, but it still is not the The pull handle here is still not closing. All right So part of the reason why I tighten that at first is just to kind of hold the tailgate in place and kind of give us a Reference point to where we kind of cheat the tailgate up. So that way when it sags, it'll be in the middle. So now You're going to want to loosen up this receiver plate again So once you've loosened that up Now just kind of move it And then hear that click. So once that thing clicks into place That's when it's perfect. That's when it's true Okay, and then You're going to tighten this down So now You can test your tailgate and you'll notice That it'll just snap right into place every time now So I know it's a lot of back and forth But that's the best way that I know how to make the adjustments to the tailgate and to make it function right So like I said tighten the left bracket Tighten the hinge brackets and then you might need to go back to this Receiver plate and then just make that slight last adjustment and once everything's tightened down Okay, you should be able to just snap your tailgate right into place and it should set right there All right last but not least we do include a gas shock on the tailgate So you can go ahead and open it all the way So if you notice on these gas shocks, it has this retaining pin on here And so what you want to do is you want to pop it off. Okay, and you'll see that it rotates And then it'll slide right out. Okay. There's one on this end And there's also one on this end. So you're going to want to do the same thing on this end. Okay, keep these clips handy Okay So what you want to do is you want the larger end To go underneath the tray and what you'll do is you'll take your thumb And it literally just pops right in Okay, and you're going to take your tailgate Do the same thing you could take that Pop it right in. Okay. Now you take these retaining pins And you're going to just slide them in over there Over that ball screw and then just make sure that you securely attach it when you're done Okay, all right So once you have your gas shock in place You go ahead and close the tailgate and Just like that. You're done So that concludes the installation video for the general 1000 expedition rack If you have any questions about whether your machine is compatible with our products You can visit our website at razorbackoffroad.com Also on our website, we have other accessories that you can add to your general But other than that, we hope you enjoy our products out on the trail and we hope to see you next time