Removing roof rails

[cncfabs]

Has anyone ever removed the std roof rails have been tugging banging but to no avail removed the allen bolts from the ends of the bars but they wont budge:doh

 

[zippy656]

ask extreme, hes pulled some off i think, and / fitted some.

i know my mate wants some for his swb t2... so he might be intrested....

 

[jims-terrano]

I'm assuming you've got the plastic cover off and been able to poke an alan key in at a funny angle not forgetting the exterior alan bolt too. The alan key needs to be a ball ended key, when wife comes back I'll nip out to the garage and see if I can find the size for you. The rails are basically held on with a loop of cable which is tightened by the alan bolt. The actual body mounts are just a hook that is bolted through captive nuts in the body panel. The centre is a simple alan key grub screw. There's two photos here, one shows the loop of cable and the other shows the end of the rail with the ball ended alan key at the funny angle.

Jim

 

[jims-terrano]

Don't know why but I could only upload one photo at a time.

 

[cncfabs]

Don't know why but I could only upload one photo at a time.

Brilliant thanks for that it was driving me mad will go and have a go when it stops raining!

 

[jims-terrano]

If I remember right it's the same size bolt inside as the outside bolt, if you know what I mean.

Jim

 

[cncfabs]

If I remember right it's the same size bolt inside as the outside bolt, if you know what I mean.

Jim

Great info thanks job done :bow

 

[jims-terrano]

Great info thanks job done :bow

You mean you went out in the dark to do it? you daft sod LOL

 

[cncfabs]

You mean you went out in the dark to do it? you daft sod LOL

Could have been worse at least it stopped raining !

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

did you have to get permission Jim?

elty001 took some bars off a t2 he scrapped,
I bought them, then sold my t2 so sold them on
in the club, they now grace a truck in greece!

back to thread sure elty will know if need be...

 

[jims-terrano]

Before we extended the house we had a car port that the truck snuggly fitted underneath. In the car port was a washing line. On my rails are some cross bars. Now if you set off carefully you can tell if the line is caught on the rails. However if you set off like a woman driver you dont notice and rip the washing line down and half rip the rails off the roof so your hubby has to faff about removing and resealing the base mounts of the rails and then refit the rails. Are you all getting the picture here:doh

Jim