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Attaching Roll Bars

To: alpines@autox.team.net, tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Attaching Roll Bars
From: "Jay Laifman" <Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:20:40 -0800


Yikes!  Where did the other end of those bolts go?  Previously I carefully
measured and placed my roll bar and drilled through the holes into the
deck.  I pushed through the bolts.  This weekend, I finally went underneath
to attach the plates and nuts.  I was able to get everything on except the
front bolt which disappeared inside a boxed section of the body.  There are
oblong holes through which I can see the bolt.  But, they are not in the
right place, to push up a socket with the nut on it.  What do people do?

Should I use a hole saw to cut a hole right underneath?  Also, on the two
bolts on the front right side, next to the battery box, those seem down
right impossible.  Even if I could get the nuts on - which I think I might
be able to do, there is no wrench in the world that's going to get in
there.

Anyone been here done this before?  Any suggestions?

Finally, the instructions say not to worry about the pressed ribs in the
steel, to just compress them.  Does this bother anyone else?  I bought some
fender washers in the hopes of bridging the gaps.  But, the way the ribs
fall and the holes, they really won't work well.

Thanks, Jay.



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