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Roof rack tool
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:33 pm
by Cliff R
The L series has those Subaru (ROLA) roof racks fitted.
They also have anti theft bolts attaching them and I did not get a spanner to take them off which is what I now have to do to check for rust and clean the gutter and roof.
The removal tool looks like a 5mm Allen key but it would be a key with a hole drilled into the end of it to fit the lug in the attachment bolt.
Anyone know where to get a removal tool of this type. ?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:37 pm
by Alex
yeh a roof rack retailer will stock them.
otherwise one of them cheap tool kits with a bajillion pieces normally have one in there.
alex
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:19 pm
by RSR 555
Yeah.. star torx bit with security pin. Like Alex said, one of those cheap set of odds and sods from SPA will do the trick.
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:42 pm
by sven '2'
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:08 pm
by d_generate
Dick Smith sell them in a nifty little kit with all the weird little tools in it that companies use to stop you opening their components, I've found it handy a few times.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:37 pm
by Cliff R
Problem sorted.
Initially I found a low quality 5mm allen key, put it into a lathe, centre drilled the end and then drilled a 3mm hole into the end of the key in about 5mm deep.
You need a low quality key as something like an Unbreako (spelling) is fairly hard to drill whereas a low quality key is easly to machine.
This worked a treat till today when up at the wreckers I found an original key in the ashtray of a 92 model L series wagon. All good
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:38 pm
by RSR 555
Cliff R wrote:Problem sorted.
Initially I found a low quality 5mm allen key, put it into a lathe, centre drilled the end and then drilled a 3mm hole into the end of the key in about 5mm deep.
You need a low quality key as something like an Unbreako (spelling) is fairly hard to drill whereas a low quality key is easly to machine.
This worked a treat till today when up at the wreckers I found an original key in the ashtray of a 92 model L series wagon. All good
Gotta hate that but always good to have a spare
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:57 pm
by El_Freddo
Alex wrote:yeh a roof rack retailer will stock them.
otherwise one of them cheap tool kits with a bajillion pieces normally have one in there.
I got mine from a $2 shop
Cliff R wrote:Problem sorted.
Initially I found a low quality 5mm allen key, put it into a lathe, centre drilled the end and then drilled a 3mm hole into the end of the key in about 5mm deep.
You need a low quality key as something like an Unbreako (spelling) is fairly hard to drill whereas a low quality key is easly to machine.
This worked a treat till today when up at the wreckers I found an original key in the ashtray of a 92 model L series wagon. All good
Bloody Murphy's Law again!
Cheers
Bennie