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[platty]

Hi guys,

I seem to be having a lot of trouble with the load cover in my estate.
 When I want to remove it I slide it all the way to the rear and it slides out as it should. The trouble is once removed, the bars all fall out of the 2 plastic runner bits and I have to rebuild it every time I want to put the lot back in again.

Do they all work like this or is something broken do you think?  :-/

Regards

Platty

[rustym95]

there is a plastic part in side ( runner) with teeth on it have a look and see if it is still there if not that is why it keeps falling out.

[MickAP]

Hi guys,

I seem to be having a lot of trouble with the load cover in my estate.
 When I want to remove it I slide it all the way to the rear and it slides out as it should. The trouble is once removed, the bars all fall out of the 2 plastic runner bits and I have to rebuild it every time I want to put the lot back in again.

Do they all work like this or is something broken do you think?  :-/

Regards

Platty

Me know understand?....But I'm easily confused

Do you mean the plastic runners that are fixed to the side of the car?

Mick

[Pitchfork]

You've broken it

[Matchless]

The latches are knackered in the rail inserts. Look for replacements from a scrapper or ask on here.
There are two types around your year though....look at the 'gear' teeth, they are either straight cut, in-line with the rods or skew cut, at an angle to the rods. You have to find the right inserts.

[platty]

Well... apologies for the delay in replying, but thank you for the answers - even though I almost forgot about my thread!

So its the 2 plastic inserts that need relacing then... I think it will probably be easiest if I take a photo before making a request in the parts section. AFAIK they are angle cut - but I had better check.

Ta, Platty

[platty]

Hi guys,

I seem to be having a lot of trouble with the load cover in my estate.
 When I want to remove it I slide it all the way to the rear and it slides out as it should. The trouble is once removed, the bars all fall out of the 2 plastic runner bits and I have to rebuild it every time I want to put the lot back in again.

Do they all work like this or is something broken do you think?  :-/

Regards

Platty

Me know understand?....But I'm easily confused

Do you mean the plastic runners that are fixed to the side of the car?

Mick

Sort of Mick, but the last 3/4 inches each side is a removable section that the load cover collects in before you remove it. It seems that these have a latch mechanism to hold the cross bars in place when the whole assy is removed - mine are pooped