Rotopax Tacoma/Nissan Mount

As did all my stuff, sadly my gas can and lockable handle came today. But no mount to hang it all, fuckers

 

So the mount came in, and I bought the lockable can holder. It came with 4 bolts that have a square notch at the end to fit into the plate of the lockable mount. Yet only one square hole lines up to the Toyota/Nissan mounting plate. Kind of confused as the bolts are to big to go through the round screw holes

 

Carriage bolts

If you drop all 4 bolts into the square holes , they don't line up with the 4 holes on the mounting plate ?

 

Yes only one liners up

 

Well , that's just not gonna work then

 

Doesn't make sense then

 

No instruction sheet ?

 

Not for attachment to the plate. But I took it off the round mount and attached it to the truck plate. That works now just trying to figure out how the lock works.

 

Got the same stupid hardware, quite shitty I thought
Oh and the black bolt that attaches the plate to the rail, they should have zink coated it. Mines all rusted and needs to be replaced. Basically the whole mounting kit is a total pile of shit and a complete waste of money. Should have just made my own instead of being lazy.

 

Discard that mounting plate, and mount the upright directly to the Tacoma plate, like in this pic:



The holes will line up.

 

I agree brother big money shit quality

 

Just did that works great just can't get the lock to work WTF

 

Got it all on. And I must say for the money charged, stuff should definitely be better quality. I installed the bed rail mount last night and as Mr. Salty stated the bolt and bed rail nut is already starting to rust in well under 24 hours. WOW WTF.

 

Works with the tonneau cover as well

 

Just curious, what was the problem with your lock, and your solution? Mine was a little difficult also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fB7_ukOGsU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5DoFRXXY7I

 

Had it on before the can, and thought the locking part that said Rotopax was supposed to twist separately. But then I put the can on screwed on the locking mechanism until it fit into the groove and the kept twisting the piece that said Rotopax on it until it was so hard to move. Then put the lock in, turned the key and done.

 

I don't have mine mounted yet (raining), so one other question ...

On your setup, can the lock be defeated as shown in this video? ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS8_EqD0Oog

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmm will try that tomorrow but it looks like it will just spin in revers as shown and become unlocked

 

In case anyone is curious, I installed this setup today and it fit under my access limited cover. I have 2 car seats in the back row and wanted a little more storage in addition to the cubbies in the bed so I can get to stuff w/o messing with the car seats.