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Anyone find a good way to get the roof rack ends off?
Thought I had found a secret, but it only worked on one side.
I put a small screwdriver blade between the rail and the cap on the top inside edge. This applied a small amount of tension to the cap, so as I pushed on the release clip it would move forward, but not slip back.
It worked great on the left side. The cap cam off nice and slow without shooting across the roof, or having to push so hard as to risk slipping and damaging anything.
Well happy as a clam, I headed to the right side.
Tried the same trick with no luck. I could not get the cap to budge at all.
I am wondering of the rear caps are attached the same?
If so, it might be worth trying to remove a back cap before taking extreme measures to remove a front cap. Anyone with any knowlege on this?
Maybe I will wait till the Helms manual shows up to look at how the back caps work.
Thought I had found a secret, but it only worked on one side.
I put a small screwdriver blade between the rail and the cap on the top inside edge. This applied a small amount of tension to the cap, so as I pushed on the release clip it would move forward, but not slip back.
It worked great on the left side. The cap cam off nice and slow without shooting across the roof, or having to push so hard as to risk slipping and damaging anything.
Well happy as a clam, I headed to the right side.
Tried the same trick with no luck. I could not get the cap to budge at all.
I am wondering of the rear caps are attached the same?
If so, it might be worth trying to remove a back cap before taking extreme measures to remove a front cap. Anyone with any knowlege on this?
Maybe I will wait till the Helms manual shows up to look at how the back caps work.