![]() Once the track was screwed down, 8 pop rivets are used to help secure the tracks. There is also foam tape on the bottom of the tracks that I am sure help seal things. ![]() Once the paint was dry, I used a generous amount of marine grade silicone sealant in the factory threaded mount cavity's and Butyl patches on all of the holes to seal them up. Once the holes were drilled, I cleaned them up and applied a couple of coats of zinc rich/cold galvanizing paint to protect the metal. In the end, I had 8 3/16" holes in the roof of my truck. Where I drilled did not appear to have anything between the hole and headliner which was somewhat of a surprise. I had to drill a bit deeper on a couple of the holes, but managed to drill through without causing any damage. I used a drill stop to ensure that I did not drill past 3/16". Once the tracks were where they needed to be and temporarily screwed down, I marked where I needed to drill my holes, removed the track and went about drilling. I ended up having to file two of the screw points on the tracks so that everything lined up. I did a lot of research on the safest/smartest way to do this in order to avoid drilling into something I didn't want to, leaks and eventually having my roof rot away.Īfter identifying the factory threaded mounts I needed to mount the track, I cut the seals directly over these points, and worked on fitting the tracks, which took a bit of effort due to the manufacturing tolerances on the location of the factory mount points. Installation of the roof tracks was a terrifying prospect as it required me to drill 8 holes in my roof. Here are the tracks installed with one bar installed (waiting on hardware for the second): I thought I would post this since I have not seen too many out there install the Rhino Rack tracks on the Tacoma's. ![]() Took the plunge and installed Rhino Rack RTS Track's (which mount in the roof ditch), a bed rack and stiffeners from TW Overland. I took the Torx bolts after I got the mount off and they were very hard to break with a 3/8 ratchet.Īnyone who needs extra cross bars I have posted them in the parts classified section. Those who thought it would be easy to remove the Torx bolts you can see it was just under 2 inches of space to try to get a tool there. We took the truck and the shop pulled off the rib and put in a couple of nutserts and everything bolted down perfectly. My friend called a shop he uses and told them of the situation. The other side when in and tightened down without any issue. When I pulled out the bolts, there was butyl on the bolt and apparently the internal nuts were pushed through. I learned the hard way as I tried to screw down one of the hex bolts and it would not grab nor would the bolt next to it. The kit has a butyl patch to cover each hole.īe sure to the hole is not covered with the sticky butyl. The unused covered mounting point also was easy to remove.Įach of the bolt holes had a yellow plastic sleeve around it. The factory mounting points were removed without incident. Any suggestion of what to do if a one of the nutserts falls through would be welcome. Hopefully tomorrow will be an "easy bolt on" project. I'll hit them again with the spray in the morning before I tackle removing the bolts and hope all the inserts remain intact. I sprayed all the bolts with penetrating spray. There is a 12MM bolt holding the center rail on and once removed it pulls off and the roof mount is exposed. Knowing that I'm not going to sell the side bars, I just got the sawzall and cut the side bars off. There is not much space between those bolts and the roof. There are 8 #30 Torx bolts holding the side rails together. Once the front and rear plastic covers are off, the cross bars can be loosened and slid to the rear for removal. pry a little and the plastic will pull out. Put the curved part of the tool under the trim and pop it off. ![]() The front and rear covers came off easily with The plastic covers were easy to remove with one of my interior trim tools. Started the process of installing my Rhino Rack platform rack.įirst was to remove the factory rack. ![]()
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