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Its definitely fiddley and I tried to follow Simons directions but honestly the LR online directions made it much easier to achieve lockup, and after reading and studying the pics, it wasn’t very difficult.
I agree there are lots of other, easier and more intuitive, ways to secure a net. I will give LR credit for designing a quality product though. I was thinking this was going to be just an overpriced cheap accessory buts it’s actually well made using good quality materials.
Thanks for posting but I didn’t find those instructions at all helpful, either the first time I looked them up or just now when I went to my 110 and reinstalled the Soft Load Partition according to instructions. The thing is, it has this expensive and intricate mechanism with a spring-loaded sliding collar, and you think (from past experience of living in a mechanical world) that you’re going to squeeze the collar between your first two fingers and slide it back, insert the metal post into a hole, and release the collar which will lock the post into the receiver with a satisfying thwack, and the post will be solid and unmovable until you reverse the process by sliding the collar back down against the spring pressure to release it all. But in reality it just doesn’t work that way; you fiddle around, can’t tell if it’s locked, pull on it only to have it fall out, try again, etc.
Even if some of you have mastered it and that’s not your experience at all, I have spent probably a total of 15 or more minutes seriously trying to figure out the mystery so I actually understand this fastener, because once I have that in my mind I won’t even have to think about how to actuate it in the future. But it seems to be beyond figuring out. Even after I got the right one just now sort of pressure locked in, when I tried to replicate what I’d done on the mirror-image left one, i couldn’t do it. Had to try for probably 3 more minutes till somehow it seems to be solid now. But I have no idea why the 5th try sort of locked in and the others could be pulled out with gentle pressure. And it’s still very wobbly instead of solidly locked, as you can see in Simon’s video.
Just a crazy bad design, especially considering how much effort apparently went into making it “clever.” I would far rather have D-rings at the top just like the bottom and the same strap/ratchet arrangement up there because I could install/uninstall that in total darkness with my eyes closed, and much faster than these “quick release” fasteners.
Agreed that it's a crazy bad design. The neglected love child between an entry level engineer and a cost accountant. I used it to fit the 1/2 height metal divider (forgot the proper name). It worked fairly well, but as a "born again" Aggie engineer, even I could have designed something that wasn't intrusive/obvious but that could be used to secure things faster, easier, and stronger.
Does the weird add-on piece help at the start of the fitting process - to help when you are trying to put the internal toggle inside the hole. And not, as would be more useful, a solution to lock the mechanism in place...
So the red corner in the toggle, fits in the red corner of the recess...?
It seems dumb and unneccessary, but why make it if it's in no way useful.
I’ll call it the tip and the barrel. The odd shaped tip goes into the roof first (into the larger part of the hole), as you pull back the spring loaded barrel piece. That’s the easy part.
The difficulty comes as you twist the tip into the hole like a cam, the spring loaded part wants to snap into place on the cabin side of the mounting hole. Reminded me of trying to match a puzzle piece with your eyes close. When done correctly, it’s a solid connection. Removal is much easier…pull the spring loaded barrel away from the roof and rotate the tip out of the hole.
I found that if I held and inserted the tip exactly as in the picture in the LR directions, it went in much easier than what may seem intuitive by just looking at it and matching up the holes the way you think it should go🤷♂️
I agree the design could be much better. I went with the soft net because it allows me more flexibility to open up and extend the load space vs installing a hard cage that requires unbolting each time.
My use for the net is primarily to keep the things I keep in the back from becoming a flying hazard if I were ever to get in an accident.
