: I checked thule.com for info, searched on "warantee" and got no
: match! I followed a bunch of site links but found nothing on the subject.

: Went to a local Thule distributor and found the H2GO model is no longer
: available, it has been redesigned and renamed "Set2Go". They
: have changed the channel for a large sloppy slot, but it doen't look any
: stronger to me. The geometry has also changed and it looks like it could
: hold a hard chine better. They were asking $57 for a set of 2 (List $64).
: I asked a floor sales guy who seemed very familiar with racks, and even
: the problem we are discussing, about Thule warantee and he said they are
: not waranteed for that problem which is considered wear and tear. He
: suggested I purchase the Set2GO pads.

: The Thule web site had spare parts available; the H2GO rubber pads were $23
: each. Mine only took 2 or 3 months to rip- is this supposed to be a
: consumable part?

: I bought the Thule rack on the advice of a salesman. He checked in a Thule
: book and assured me that the rack would fit my Saturn SC2. I found the
: curvature of the roof caused the mounting bars to be about 30 degrees out
: of alignment and the connection of the pads to the kayak hull suffered
: greatly. So I moved the bars closer together from the suggested minimum of
: 27" to 23" which reduced the alignment problem somewhat. I don't
: dare not to use bow and stern lines at all times. I also found that if I
: had bought a Yakima rack that their round cross section type mounting bars
: would have prevented this problem on my small round car.

: Apparently, with my Thule rack, duck tape is as elegant as its gonna get!
Jay-Good info; what a rip, $23 a crack for the pads! Damn, they all kill you on the accessories. I'll try to come up with a Cuban-style fix for this problem; I got four saddles at an REI scratch and dent sale for $17; if I can solve the problem, I'll have two full sets of cradles. The duct tape fix didn't fly for me, back to the drawing board. One cool thing about this forum, it's rewired my brain, I no longer think replacement unless I exhaust all possibilties for repair. Next I'll try the Shoe Goo.-Greg