I think this is sometimes done so the owner might
notice if the nuts vibrate loose. (Yes, I understand
about saftey wire, lock-tite, peening, jam nuts, etc.)
Regards,
Jim
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--- Armand & Lorie Ritchie <ritchie@mcn.org> wrote:
> Jay you might try turning the bolts around and
> putting the nuts and washers
> on the inside of the car, not underneath. That
> might make the whole thing
> easier. The last rollbar I saw was done this way,
> maybe they ran into the
> same problem so decided to switch the bolts. You
> could at least do it on
> the bolts you can't get to from underneath.
>
> regards Armand
>
>
>
> >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.
>
> ritchie@mcn.org
> Armand & Lorie Ritchie
>
>
>
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