Roll Bar: Service and Repair

Removal

1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Remove the soft top assembly or resin top assembly.
- Refer to Soft Top Assembly or Resin Top Assembly.




3. Remove the luggage side lid (2).
4. Remove the luggage side upper cover (3).
5. Remove the luggage side front cover (4).
6. Remove the canopy cover (1) (resin top model).
- Remove the two fixing clips.




7. Remove the left and right quarter side moldings (Soft top model).
- Remove the six bolts and six screws.

8. Remove the weatherstrip.
9. Remove the rear end floor trim cover.
- Remove the five fixing screws.




10. Remove the right luggage side trim cover.
- Remove the jack and tool lid and take out the tools.
Then remove the fixing screw and pull the clips out from the body panel.
- To remove the left luggage side trim cover, disconnect the accessory socket connector.

11. Remove the rear seat belt assembly.
- Refer to Rear Seat Belt (LWB) or Rear Seat Belt (SWB) in Restraints.




12. Remove the seat belt cross bar assembly.
- Remove the two sets of seven fixing bolts on the left and right sides. Note that on the soft top model, two sets of the fixing bolts are also used to secure the tarpaulin frame assembly in place, and that on the resin top model, one set of the fixing bolts are also used to secure the resin top in place.

Installation

To install, follow the removal steps in the reverse order, noting the following points.

1. Tighten the rear seat belt anchor bolts to the specified torque.

Torque: 39 N.m (29 lb ft)

2. Tighten the seat belt cross bar assembly fixing bolts to the specified torque.

Torque: 19 N.m (14 lb ft)