Can You Get To The Nutserts From Inside?

[XterraRising]

I discovered today that a couple of the screws holding the roof rack fairing in place turn freely, but won’t come out. I’ve read that the nutserts go through the roof. Are they accessible from inside? I need to get a vise grip on them to get them out and replace them, but the factory service manual doesn’t go into detail on the mounting.

 

[Muadeeb]

Most of them, Yes. There's a couple that wind up inside the stiffening members of the roof. Those you'll have to cut open an access hole to get to

 

[XterraRising]

I hope it’s not the front ones. They are the ones that are loose.

 

[Muadeeb]

This is just from memory of threads as they scroll by. I've never worked on a second gen

 

[Prime]

I hope it’s not the front ones. They are the ones that are loose.

Yeah. That's a problem. The very front ones are completely inaccessible from inside. They're in the windshield frame which is all reinforced.

 

[XterraRising]

Well that’s poop. Hmm, wonder if it’ll leak when it rains. I tried lifting the front of the fairing, but there’s a piece of plastic in the way of the nurtsert. So no access there. Maybe I’ll remove the wet basket and see if I can get in from there.

 

[JeffPro4x]

Hope I never roll over, my supports are all swiss cheesed up...

 

[JeffPro4x]

Stiffening members

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[XterraRising]

Okay, here’s a dumb question. If the nutserts are loose, will water leak in and onto the headliner? Or is there some sort of drip rail or inner roof that is sealed?

 

[JeffPro4x]

Okay, here’s a dumb question. If the nutserts are loose, will water leak in and onto the headliner? Or is there some sort of drip rail or inner roof that is sealed?

They'll leak.

 

[XterraRising]

Well, I ordered some new screws from the local stealership and picked up some faux carbide burrs from the local Hazard Fart store. Time to start grinding.

 

[545]

I think I’d try tack welding them in and silicon to seal it or just ripping them out before trying to cut it out with a carbide burr. A bolt and a slide hammer should take it out. You’ll get a little damage

 

[XterraRising]

I’m cutting the heads off the bolts. That way I can get the faring off so I can remove the nutserts with minimal to no damage.