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.