Roof Rail Angle Bracket
Roof Rail Angle Bracket
Removing
• If angle bracket is to be re-installed, make sure conical washers remain in tolerance compensations in their places.
• Always use a lower and upper conical washer.
• The conical washers must not be interchanged.
- Remove the headliner.
- Remove the roof rail.
- Remove the nuts - 4 -.
- Remove angle bracket - 1 - together with tolerance compensations - 2 and 3 -.
If angle bracket is to be reinstalled, secure tolerance compensations with commercially available adhesive tape.
Installing
• Do not interchange the conical washers - 3 and 4 -.
If you have secure the conical washers with adhesive tape, remove tape before installation.
- Make sure the conical washers - 3 and 4 - fit properly.
- Place the roof railing - 1 - on the roof, then guide the angle bracket - 5 - over the threaded bolts until the conical washers - 3 and 4 - are centered.
- Tighten the nuts - 6 - just enough until the angle bracket touches the roof.
- Tighten nuts - 7 -, tightening torque: 10 Nm
- Now tighten nuts - 6 -, tightening specification: 10 Nm
- If dents appear around the base of the roof rail, readjust angle bracket.
New angle bracket, installing
- Install the new angle bracket - 1 - until the securing pins - 5 - latch inside the roof - arrow a -.
- Tighten nuts - 6 -, tightening torque: 10 Nm
- Remove the securing pin - 5 - upward - arrow b - and remove the securing cap - 2 - downward - arrow c -.
- If dents appear around the base of the roof rail, readjust angle bracket.