sports bar removal??

[loony888]

g,day all, one for the ute owners amongst us, my alloy sports bar is looking tatty so i want to take it out and refurbish it. (i'm getting it blasted and powder coated white, to match my paint) i thought it would be simple, but i tried un doing the bolts that locate it and one behind the cab came out and a nut fell through to the floor, now i can't get that nut between the tub and cab and i chickened out and did the others up.
is there a specific way to remove and even more important, refit this bar assembly??
thanks in advance all.
paul.

[b2tf]

dont know mate but i would be very interested to find out too, mine need to come off for a clean as well.

[Tech Trainer]

When I had my ute I let them fall out and replaced them with riv-nuts. Makes life a lot easier when you remove it next time.

[Orbit]

20min i can take yours off B2TF. PM me and i'll come and do it.
It's pretty straight foward to take off. 6 bolts total 2 are panel screws at the cab end. and 4 are nut and bolt or bolt and threaded tab depending on the model.
ORB.

[b2tf]

thanks mate, pm sent. maybe when its being done we should take some pics or something for the rest wanting to know how to do it.

[loony888]

thanks tech trainer, can you explain "riv nuts" please??

[Umineko]

Originally Posted by loony888

thanks tech trainer, can you explain "riv nuts" please??

More comonly called "Nut-serts" it's a method of inserting captive nuts into sheet metal using a thing that looks like an oversized pop rivet gun, same principal, the nut is inserted into the hole and then a collar attached to one end is compressed like a pop rivet to hold the nut in place permanently. They are great things except if you over tighten the bolts you can start them turning in place and then they are damned hard to get out

[loony888]

ahh, thanks! i know what they are, and i have a mate with the gun, so he might have the right size nut serts too.