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08-05-2010, 08:56 AM | #1 | ||
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Hi any of you guys know an easy way to fit the sports bar bolts behind cab ? its a pretty tight fit and my pudgy fingers dont fit. Im holdin off loosening the tub bolts and using a jack but if thats the only way??
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08-05-2010, 11:50 AM | #2 | ||
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Can you grasp them in some pointy-nose pliers?
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08-05-2010, 01:38 PM | #3 | ||
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No the angle is too extreme, tried a magnet thingo and bluetac on the finger ...no go
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08-05-2010, 07:48 PM | #4 | ||
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I once fitted a sports bar to a BF II and it was one of those "why did they design it this way" jobs. Absolute pig of a job. The instructions noted that you should jack the car up between the cab/tub to slightly "flex" the join to allow a little more access to the bolts. I ended up sticky taping the nut to a welding rod/peice of wire to hold nut whilst carefully threading onto the bolt.
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09-05-2010, 08:00 AM | #5 | ||
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Sounds like thats the next move , ill try jacking the ute up and the welding rod trick Cheers
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09-05-2010, 09:38 PM | #6 | ||
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yeah i was a bit alarmed when the instructions said jack in the middle and bend the car!!!!!!!!!!
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10-05-2010, 01:24 PM | #8 | ||
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Glad to here all worked out. It really is one of those jobs!
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11-05-2010, 08:29 PM | #10 | ||
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Yeah it is a PITA to put the sports bar on. I bent a spanner to the right shape to fit in there.
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