How do I remove the rear roof rack?

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I'm about to sell my '95 900 SE coupe (if anyone in Sydney, Australia, is interested), and can't figure out how to remove the rear roof rack. (The roof rack manufacturer fitted them for me.)

It looks like I have to remove the small piece of bodywork over the rear side window; is this correct?

If so it looks like I need to remove two screws: the rear one becomes accessible when the rear hatch is open, but the front one is mostly hidden by the rubber door seal. It may just be a matter of pulling this seal out of the way - assuming it's held by a lug pressing into a hole in the bodywork - but I'm not sure that's the case, don't want to tear it, and may be barking up completely the wrong tree.

Does anybody know how to do this?

Thanks in advance, Steve = : ^ )

ma_twain · Accepted Answer

I am assuming the 1995 900 SE coupe is not much different from the 1994 900 SE.  The factory roof racks fit the same on the front and back. There are two holes in the roof where the two lugs on the base of the roof rack go in.  You have to pull the rubber seal back to see these. You tighten or loosen the fit the rack by turning the knob at the end of the roof rack. Installing and removing this type of roof rack does result in deforming and/or damage to the rubber seal, but that is the price of not having a real rain gutter.  The Classic 900 has a real rain gutter and the factory and after market roof racks clamp on the rain gutter.  I suppose the rain gutter does not look a smooth and may result in a lower gas mileage, but my Classic gets better gas mileage (and more power) than the NG 900.Steve B. wrote:

Steve B. · Answer

Thanks for this, but maybe the '95 was a new model, or maybe it's deferent with third-part racks. I just checked with the local Saab repairers and I do have to remove a piece of bodywork by removing two screws, one of which requires me to peel back the rubber seal on the door to access. This then allows me to get at the end of a bolt over which the roof rack slips. With the piece of bodywork in place, I can see the bolt (through a slit in the roof), but only from above, whereas I need to slip the rack off the _end_ off the bolt. I hope you can make sense of my description.

Thanks, Steve = : ^ )

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