Roof racks: yea i know its a motorcycle forum

[98tls]

Never had one in my life but bought a canopy for my ute with a "5 bar Prorack" setup on top of the thing,i want to take the bars off leaving the 4 dodacketts they clip into but....:no:had a look at there website and learnt nothing re how to do it,theres 4 small bolts,at first glance i thought the could be dealt with re an allen key,nope further inspection revealed a pin inside an almost (its tiny)octagonal bolt,no doubt theres a special tool but i dont ave it,anyone else have a roofrack made by these guys,long shot but what the hell.Pic of offending article fwiw...

[Gremlin]

Post up a picture of the head of the bolt. Either it's special to prorack, or just a different head type, and there are quite a few types out there now...

[BigAl]

I may be wrong but those look like permanent mounts and you'd have to remove them completely to get access to the rails.

[neels]

Prorack 'S' bars, never dealt with permanent mounted ones like that so can't help any further.

Are they rail mounted or mounted direct onto the canopy?

[testastretta]

They sound like torx head screws. My torx bits have a hollow centre for a pin to fit in.
Nice ute by the way:niceone:

[Akzle]

Never had one in my life but bought a canopy for my ute with a "5 bar Prorack" setup on top of the thing,i want to take the bars off leaving the 4 dodacketts they clip into but....:no:had a look at there website and learnt nothing re how to do it,theres 4 small bolts,at first glance i thought the could be dealt with re an allen key,nope further inspection revealed a pin inside an almost (its tiny)octagonal bolt,no doubt theres a special tool but i dont ave it,anyone else have a roofrack made by these guys,long shot but what the hell.Pic of offending article fwiw...

its fucked. Ill giv ya 5 buck for it.


Theyre know as security bits. 6 or 8 point. You can buy hex drive sets. Jaycar. Meeb bunnings.

[Geeen]

As axzle said. Your friendly local tool shop should sell kits of security bits, they are REALLY handy to have and it means you have to buy more tools. What a bugger :whistle:

[98tls]

They sound like torx head screws. My torx bits have a hollow centre for a pin to fit in.
Nice ute by the way:niceone:

Looks like your on the money mate,will check out the Tool shed tommorow,cheers eh.

[Geeen]

Definitely look like a Torx to me

[98tls]

Prorack 'S' bars, never dealt with permanent mounted ones like that so can't help any further.

Are they rail mounted or mounted direct onto the canopy?

:niceone:Yea seems your right neels "S " bars not "5".:rolleyes:Ive old eyes...

[Gremlin]

The centre nub part makes it secure (a lot like torx and others have non-secure and secure). Definitely secure torx, and easy enough to pick up a set. Bunnings even has a cheapie set, 100+ bit set in plastic mould for something like $15.

[98tls]

The centre nub part makes it secure (a lot like torx and others have non-secure and secure). Definitely secure torx, and easy enough to pick up a set. Bunnings even has a cheapie set, 100+ bit set in plastic mould for something like $15.

Cheers mate,will pick some up next time i am in the big smoke.