 Hey there, I'm Brian with Razorback Off-Road. Today we're going to be covering the install of the Exhibition Rack on the 2021 and up Canaan Commander. So I'm going to go over some components real quick. We have our basket, we're going to have two side pieces, and then our tailgate. Those are our large components. For our hardware, those are all going to be included in your hardware kit, including the two islands that you're going to need for this job. The tools required, we're going to use half inch socket and ratchet. And then I'm going to be using a half inch ratcheting wrench, but you can use a regular box wrench. And then we have our three eighth socket and then our half inch other wrench I'm going to be using for this install. So we have a couple other pieces we're going to be using. We're going to have our receiver plate, sure bracket, excuse me. And then we have two hinge plates. One's going to be a little bit different than the other. We're going to be using the smaller one on top and the larger one on the bottom. We're also going to need a drill and a drill bit. We recommend one size up from 516. And that's going to be used for installing the 516 bolts on the bed. Then we have two pull pins and the rest of the hardware. So let's go ahead and jump right in. I want to take a moment and talk about if you have bought one of our Sherpas, the link to that video is going to be in the description below. Go ahead and go over there and check that out for that install. So let's go ahead and jump right in. The first thing we're going to do is not using these tools, but we're going to go ahead and remove these panels here. So there's two zoo screws on the other side. All you got to do is unscrew those and put those aside. And this guy just slides right off. Just like that. I'm going to put this aside right now. And it's pretty for the other side. And this operation is the same whether you have a commander two seater or four seater. All right, next thing we're going to do is we're going to drill out those holes for the mounting hardware. There's a dimple here that we're going to be following for that. And then we're going to be drilling straight through. There's a metal piece back here, but there's a large enough hole that you can just go ahead and go right through. So I'm going to go ahead and do that. We're going to go ahead and repeat that for the other side. And again, just following that dimple right there. We're going to go ahead and set that aside. We're done with that. Next, we're going to grab the right side. So this side right here, we're going to grab that component right now. So this is our right side. You'll notice that this has the hinge plates right here. And that would be on the right side of the machine. Go ahead and set that up there. Go ahead and align it with that hole we just drilled. And it should just stay right there. Next, we're going to grab one of our five sixteenths bolts, one of the large fender washers, one of the smaller washers, excuse me, and then one of our five sixteenths lock nuts. We want to put that fender washer on top. Go ahead and slide that right through. And on the underside of this, we'll go ahead and get that nut started. For this step, I'm going to be using that half inch ratchet wrench like I was talking about earlier. And then our half inch socket and ratchet. And when you're installing this first bolt, you actually want to make it kind of tight because we're going to be using it to retain the side when we put the other mounting hardware on. And the reason I'm using the socket and ratchet on the bottom is because kind of recessed in there so you won't be able to access that nut. Now it's fairly tight. I'm going to go ahead and repeat the same process for the left side. So I'm going to grab that now. So this is our left side. And it just has that bracket on there. And that's a good note for which, noting which one is the left side or the right. So now we want to grab another 516 bolt, large fender washer, smaller washer, and lock nut. Okay. Now that that started, I'm going to go grab my tools, put those aside for now. Next, we want to raise that tailgate, go back up. At this point, we're going to actually raise the bed. So those bolts are going to hold it in there for us. So it should be good to go. Just lower it slowly. And they'll wobble a little bit, but it's going to be all right. So next, we're actually going to grab some of our custom hardware. First, we're going to grab not the large one, but the smaller one. So we're going to grab that. And then one of our 516 bolts and large fender washer. So we want to go install this. We want this weld nut to be on top and go through the hole in the back of the bed. And go ahead and get that started. And just make sure when you do it, when you're installing this tightly, we want to make sure that that piece is all the way against the bed. Now I'm going to repeat that for the other side. Again, 516 bolt, fender washer, and then that piece of hardware. Now I'm going to grab that half inch socket and ratchet we could crack down on those. You might take up some slack after doing that hand tightening first. Next, we're going to grab these brackets. They're going to be able to go inside the machine and we're going to show a close-up of that so you can get a better idea of where we're going with that. I'm going to start on this left side here. So you want to put your bolt through the second hole right here and then put this guy all the way against the hard stop in there and just start hand tightening. And I'm going to repeat the same process for the other side. And that should be the last of your 516 bolts. Just try to take as much slack out of that bolt as possible behind tight and then grab your socket and ratchet again. We want to make sure those are nice and snug. Those are very important to keep those tight. Go back and tighten those top ones. All right, now that's done. We're going to put that tool down. At this point we're actually going to tilt that bed back. It should be very easy. Next, we're going to grab that basket and then we're going to be installing that. Luckily I'm 6'5", so I can do this by myself, but if you are not, you might want to ask a buddy to help you out. We're going to go ahead and drop this guy in just like that. Now that we have our basket up there, I'm going to go ahead and grab the hardware for that. While I'm doing that, you might want to grab a step ladder so you can be able to get up there more easily and see the bolt holes. We're going to grab six of our quarter-inch fasteners and then we're going to keep those for now and then we'll grab the lock nuts in a second. Just want to make sure that each of these slots line up. You can get those bolts through easily and there are six per side. They'll move to the other side and repeat that process of lining those bolt holes up. Now we're going to go ahead and grab six of our quarter-inch lock nuts. I'm going to go ahead and start those bottom ones because they're a little bit easier to reach and do those back ones. The reason we're doing this hand tight for now is just that we have that adjustment if we need it and then we'll come back and then tighten those all down. So now we're going to make sure that our basket is pretty centered on the rack, making sure that gap is the same on the other side of the basket. It looks like it is. So go ahead and start tightening down those bolts. You're going to need a 3.8 socket, which I have here, and that 7.16 wrench. I'm going to grab that step out of here. Come over that left side first. We're actually going to want to start on these bottom bolts here and then work our way up the flanges. See that's good and snug. So now we've completed that. We're going to go ahead and grab our tailgate and install these T-pin handles right here. Now that we have our tailgate, we're going to go ahead and install these. So we're going to be using blue thread lock. Just want to put a little bit on the threads there. We're going to be installing it in these receivers right here and those thread in just like that. There's that. Then we're going to repeat it for the other side. Repeat the same process with the blue thread lock just a little bit on the threads and thread that guy all the way in there. Now that our tailgate is prepped, we're going to install this receiver bracket right here. We're going to need two quarter inch bolts and then our lock nuts. Actually the last of your quarter inch hardware right there. So an important thing is we want this to be facing out like this, and we're just going to install this loosely so we have some adjustment later. Go ahead and put that first bolt in up top and start your nut and repeat for the bottom there. So now that we've loosely installed that, we're going to go ahead and grab that same socket and three eighths and then our seven sixteenths. We're going to snug these up a little bit, but not all the way. We want to be able to adjust it. Like I said, just snug enough so it doesn't wobble around on you. You'll notice I have some adjustment here, but it's not going to be moving around on me. Okay. So this point I would really recommend grabbing a buddy. I'm going to have Austin come help me here in a second. We're going to put some of our washers, stainless steel ones right here, and these shoulder screws through the hinge plates here on the tailgate, and then our hinge plates here. But first, before we do that, we're going to install these hinge plates here, the ones with the four slots in. We want to make sure that we install like this underneath this plate, so it should be able to rotate like that. It won't fit otherwise because of the weld. We're going to use four of our shoulder screws for that. You're going to grab four of your five sixteenths lock nuts, just working your way around, just hand tight for now. On this top plate, the orientation will be this way or that. It does not matter, but it does matter on the lower one, and I'll show you that here in a second. So this is your lower hinge plate, and the orientation does matter. So we're actually going to put it in just like this. So this crescent shape is going to be facing out of the machine, not in. We're going to put it in just like that, just like we did the other one, and just repeat that process like we did up top. That's holding it for me, and that's the last of those. So now that I've done that, we're going to go ahead and snug this up just a little bit. We're only going to do two of each bolt on each of the plates. So you're going to need to grab your quarter inch allen that will provide for you in your hardware kit, and then a half inch box wrench. That's all you're going to need for that. Like I said, we're only going to be doing two of those on each of them. Might be able to get away with it up top there for now, and then just barely snug on two of them. That way we have that adjustment. And like that, I just did it a little bit too tight. So I'm going to back it up just a little bit. I want that plate to be able to move just a little bit. I'm going to back this one off just a little bit more. So just like that. If you want it to be snug so it doesn't wobble back, sorry, wobble up and down, but we also want it to be able to move back and forth. I'm going to put that process down here. Okay, just double check and make sure that's still loose enough we can adjust it later, which it is. Now that I've done that, we're going to grab our shoulder screw here, our smaller allen, and then these two smaller washers here. We're going to be using those in between these two plates here and the plate we just put on. So I have Austin come out and help me with this. If you have a buddy, I'd really recommend it, make it a little bit easier in yourself. All right, so now go ahead and put that up there. I'll guide it in right there. So he's going to hold that side right there. So we're going to take our shoulder screw here, one of our washers, and we're going to lift that up just a little bit and then put that through. And then we're going to grab our other washer and slide it in between those plates and that way it goes through. So at that point it's not going to fall off. We're going to go ahead and put that nut on there. That way Austin doesn't have to worry about it falling on him. We're going to grab our other shoulder screw and washers and repeat the process down low. All right, we're going to hand tighten that and then Austin's going to go ahead and redo that latch right there so we're locked in place and that way we don't have to worry about it falling out. Cool. Thanks Austin, appreciate it. So now we're going to take that smaller Allen wrench and our half inch and we're going to go ahead and tighten the nut on this shoulder screw. We can go ahead and do that and repeat that for the bottom. Okay, so we're going to put that down for now. We're going to go back and grab our 3 eighths socket and ratchet and then our 7 sixteenths wrench. What we're going to do is we're going to make sure that when we open and close this so you notice there's a little play right now that's because of the hinges of the hinge plates over there but when we go right here we want to make sure that that closes effortlessly. We're going to go ahead and snug these guys up. All right, so now we have that snugged down we're going to put these down for now. We're going to go back and grab the quarter inch Allen and then our half inch boxing wrench and come back and tighten these guys up. The one that are on the welded on hinge plate. Tighten these guys up but just to check real quick we're going to pull up on that latch right there on the pin. Make sure everything is snug, no loose bolts or anything and as you can see it closes beautifully just as it is right now but if you have a heavy load or anything like that maybe a spare tire mount on here and a 29 inch tire it's going to sag a little bit so I'll put these down and show you what you can do to fix that. So I'm just going to back these off just a little bit just just a touch that way there's no slop in the tailgate but we're able to move those plates. So you see there's still a little play in there we're going to increase that a little bit more by coming back and loosening these outer ones. Again you really don't need to do this if you're going to have a load on the tailgate if you're using like one of our universal mounts and a shovel or something you probably don't need to do this but definitely if you're going to use a spare tire. So you notice this tailgate just sagged a little bit that lets me know that we have enough play. So we're going to get close up right here you'll actually notice that this hinge plate or the strike plate excuse me is actually above that bracket that's a good sign because we want that to be a little bit above but when there's a load it's going to come right back down to where it needs to be. So we're just going to make sure after we've tightened those bolts back that it operates smoothly and everything latches correctly so lastly we're going to put those panels back on I'm going to go ahead and grab those raise that tailgate now it's going to wrap up the install but just to do a double check over everything we're going to make sure that this tailgate opens smoothly and that latch closes when it's open it shouldn't go anywhere when it's open like that pull that pin up should fall back and latches latches well we just want to take a moment and talk about our spare tire mounts on your 2021 and up K&M Commander X-Fission Rack if you have bought a spare tire mount from us we want to ask that you do not tilt the bed or use the bed while the spare tire is on it's a safety thing for you guys just something to keep you more safe throughout the trail another thing is when you're operating the machine we recommend that you follow the manufacturer of the machine's recommendations for payload capacity there is a placard on the inside of this bed that shows you the overall weight for the capacity of the bed we have a requirement for 40 pounds or less and 29 inch tire for our spare tire mounts especially specifically for this rack we have a 60 pound limit on the basket and 30 pounds for each side we want to make sure you guys are staying within that range for the manufacturer so that's going to wrap up the install for our exhibition rack on the 2021 and up commander if you have any questions feel free to reach out to us but we hope to see you out in the trail