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Thanks for the reply, I have since discovered that there is no easy way that isn't potentially destructive. The answer from that is that the service guys remove the door rubber and the used a thin rachet with a short bit.

My tray is currently being modified to make it 40mm shorted as the full size tray that track have will not fit in it's current form.

When I get it back I hope my Kingchrome mini rachet will be up to the task for fitting the rear bolt, with the minimal amount of swearing needed.



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I've just removed my drawer and runners from my drivers side box.  It didn't work well with what we stored in there and the tray and runners weighed 13kg...  I too looked for a way to release the slides attached to the tray but could not figure it out.
The rear fastener on my tray was just accessible with a typical right angled allen key.  It was close to the door but there was just enough room.  The rear nutsert in my tray is 240mm (approx) from the back of the tray. Hope that makes sense, but it might not help...

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Andy

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In the process of adding a sliding tray/shelf to the small box side of a Mk 5. And have discovered that once the sliders are install there is pretty much no access to the rear mounting holes due the position of the access holes being mostly inaccessible, with the right hand probably needing the door to be removed.

I assume that there is a way to temporarily override the rear travel stops so that both the access hole and the mounting holes can extend past the framing? But the more I look at it the less I think that this is so.

See pic's below.

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G'day hulby thanks for the reply, still investigation 2 vs 4.

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I'm planning a similar project for my Eagle:  a 1997 MC2 in great condition. My plans are a little different though as I don't see the lockers as structural enough for adding the weight of a RTT and supporting structure, partiulcularly for the long term, corrugations etc.  (No criticism of this build, just going a slightly different direction - just in case).  I'm basing my frame structure on the old 'boat rack' style and plan to attach the RTT to this with about 300mm gap between the top of the lockers and the bottom of the RTT.  The 'lid' will be similar to. a gullwing arrangement that opens to each side to allow access to that storage area.  Just in the planning stage, but was really interested in this project as it has lots of features that I like. (Although I do like the old greyish colour that Track used at the factory ;-).  Thanks for sharing and I hope to post up my build when I get some time to work on it.

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In our experience, yes.If camped on a slope that goes upwards towards the back of the Tvan, we sometimes have to dig 4 small holes.We have pins that hold 4 Maxtrax and measure 95mm from mounting plate to tip of bolt. They are a PITA.I was not aware of the shorter pins until I read your post. May have to source some and change them over.

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I have a question regarding fitting Maxtrax carrier pins to a Mk 5 deck.

In that if I was to fit 4 board length pins instead of 2 board length pins, will this cause a ground clearance issues when the deck is lowered?


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