Rear Ladder

jh2leicester · Sep 4, 2009

I have just been give a Genuine Parts rear access ladder for my D2 facelift. Just been trying to fit it in accordance with the instructions. I'm not getting on too well. I have drilled the holes and put the receiver bolt bit into the hole and then the instructions show a pop-rivetter but don't show what to do with it. I have screwed the ladder into the receiver bits and the ladder keeps jumping off the door on the lower ones near the numberplate. I am clearly missing something obvious but I can't work out what it is. Any suggestions????

Pikey · Sep 4, 2009

jh2leicester said:
I have just been give a Genuine Parts rear access ladder for my D2 facelift. Just been trying to fit it in accordance with the instructions. I'm not getting on too well. I have drilled the holes and put the receiver bolt bit into the hole and then the instructions show a pop-rivetter but don't show what to do with it. I have screwed the ladder into the receiver bits and the ladder keeps jumping off the door on the lower ones near the numberplate. I am clearly missing something obvious but I can't work out what it is. Any suggestions????

Without seeing the "Pop riveter" I'm assuming it's a "Rivnut" you need to prevent the nut from turning whilst the bolt compresses it and jams it into position in the hole. Do a search on among Busters threads for a guide to fitting a Rivnut.

vivnap · Sep 4, 2009

and if ya cant fit the rivnut i got the tool to do it along with the threaded rivets

jh2leicester · Sep 4, 2009

Sorry being thick again, where would I find 'busters threads'?This web site seems endless!

Trewey · Sep 4, 2009

Fitting Rivnuts without the special tool.
You need 2 nuts, 1 bolt and 1 washer that fit the thread of the rivnut. Put a clearance drill through 1 nut so that it has no thread and slides up and down the bolt.
Push the rivnut into the hole, wind the threaded nut and washer onto the bolt, then slide the drilled nut onto the bolt under them, then screw the bolt into the rivnut. It should go in far enough that the thread of the bolt is fully engaged with the thread of the rivnut. Tighten the threaded nut / washer down onto the drilled nut and wind it up tight, so that the bolt tries to pull the rivnut out of the hole, but it can't because the drilled nut is holding it in. The rivnut will then deform inside the hollow section as designed.
Loosen the threaded nut and test to see if the rivnut is tight - if not, wind it up a bit more.

Piece of ****.

Richard Martin · Sep 4, 2009

Instructions with pics here X-eng High Performance Off-Road Engineering

jh2leicester · Sep 4, 2009

Thanks all, I think that last link should be followable even for a mechanical muppet like me. I'll give it a go when the sun comes up tomorow!

Richard Martin · Sep 4, 2009

Does the sunshine there jh2? It just rains here

Harold 4x4 · Sep 5, 2009

Sound advice I had from Foley specialists... "Don't bother with that piece of crap ladder, just use the rear wheel to climb up on the roofrack"

Worked for me for the past 3yrs.

Dewin · Sep 5, 2009

Harold 4x4 said:
Sound advice I had from Foley specialists... "Don't bother with that piece of crap ladder, just use the rear wheel to climb up on the roofrack"

Worked for me for the past 3yrs.

Same here, the rear door is heavy enough without adding any bits to it!

and kids love hanging off the ladders thinking their Tarzan:doh:

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