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YOUR RESEARCHHelp! My rollbars popped
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Disconnect battery, turn it over gently
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Alright, I'll save you the trouble: You take the car, disconnect the battery, turn it over gently, and using the weight of the car, let it slowly compress the rollbars until you hear a click.
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nycebo: *Alright, I'll save you the trouble: You take the car, disconnect the battery, turn it over gently,*
Reconnect battery, otherwise the bars will just pop up
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Don't forget to turn it back upright before you reconnect the battery, otherwise the bars will just pop up again
Reconnect battery, start the ignition, and you are good
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* Reconnect the battery, start the ignition, and you are good to go.*
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Alright, I'll save you the trouble: You take the car, disconnect the battery, turn it over gently, and using the weight of the car, let it slowly compress the rollbars until you hear a click.
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When I came off a rise in the road a little hot, and got a bit of air, my rollbars popped up and scared the crap out of me.
Anyone know how to reset them?
Guys, quit scaring him! You do NOT need to take it to the dealer nor is it an hour of labor. Takes less than 5 minutes to remedy and is outlined in the manual.
Man, you guys are brutal...Just reminds me of why I became a member of this great forum. LVDell is probably correct. I didn't take the time to RTFM.
However, if it's not in there I'll be back.
Alright, I'll save you the trouble: You take the car, disconnect the battery, turn it over gently, and using the weight of the car, let it slowly compress the rollbars until you hear a click. Reconnect the battery, start the ignition, and you are good to go.
Damnit Dell,
Just to satisfy my curiosity, I had to go out to the garage and get my FM and read the two pages.
I do feel better now, however. No longer curious.
For those who haven't experience this its a bit of shocker - Like a .45 went off in the back seat just as you make contact with the ground again. Yikes!
nycebo: *Alright, I'll save you the trouble: You take the car, disconnect the battery, turn it over gently,*
What *it* the battery?
*and using the weight of the car, let it slowly compress the rollbars until you hear a click.*
What? Roll the car or battery over? If I roll the car over using the weight of the car until I hear a click won't that have come effect on the paint job?
* Reconnect the battery, start the ignition, and you are good to go.*
Don't I have to roll the car back over again?
Dude, for sure, that would scare the hell out of me too
Hope mine won't never need to be popped-out. Luckily you kept your calm and did not hit anything on the side road, heh heh... BTW, to reset it go to page 41 in your manual. I just got my manual from dealer and read it last night, very nice
If you have not yet figured out how to retract them, look down the slot where the roll bars are deployed, and you will see a little ratchet locking lever in the center of the bottom of each roll bar. Stick a long stick, screwdriver, jack handle, etc. to push down on the lever, and then push the roll bars back down into their holders with your other hand. When you have them all the way down, let up on the lever, and it will hold them in place. The mechanism is sorta like a mousetrap latch, but designed to release with subjected to negative G-force. (like going airborne or upside down).
I have to second the notion that it is quite startling the first time you have these things deploy on you, because when they do, you are usually in some sort of condition with the car that is exciting enough in itself!
Not sure about your 997 but on the 996 they will NOT deply with the hardtop in place and if they deploy with the soft top in place they will NOT hit the top and damage it.
No, if they deploy with the soft top up or the hardtop on, they will not damage either. However, if you have the soft top down when they go off, you have to reset them before you can get the top up. (ask me how I know!
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I stand corrected.......however, I was told by the dealer when I asked the very question if there is any reason why they would go off with the hardtop engaged and they said if the hard top is engaged, no deployment. But, we all know how accurate the dealer is 100% of the time
But, if they would deploy with the hardtop engaged why not have them in the coupe' as well?
The removable hardtop does not provide rollover protection, it is just soft aluminum. Without the rollover hoops the rear of the hardtop would just crush down on the car.
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ok you guys were right it was on page 41 - the rollbars are now reset.
However, I do have a question for those with 02+ cabs. When my rollbars popped they pushed well into the plastic window. If I had glass like the 02's on up it would have been toast. Did they shorten the hoops to accomidate the glass???
Thanks guys for all the help.
I would think the rollbars must deploy to a certain height to provide the "survival zone" formed by the top of the rollbars and the top of the windshield header.
My guess would be that the top profile would be altered to accommodate the required rollbar height, rather than the rollbars shortened to accommodate the top shape.
This is a great thread and all, but I can't help but chuckle a little every time I think of someone getting all intense in their car and all of a sudden having what sounds like a shot-gun going off right behind them. I just can't help it. I'm sure that'll straighten you out in a fraction of a second and ruin a good drive.
Of course, my remedial idea of good humor is scaring people with fake snakes dragged across a sidewalk by fishing line in front of people, so maybe it's just me. *shrug*
The pics that show the rollover protection system deployed THROUGH the window or hardtop glass may be attributed to the hard rear impact buckle that pushes them further up. The only way to determine the truth as to where they stop is to deploy them with the top DOWN and then install the hardtop to see how close they in fact are.....or conversely if they are to far up that prohibits the top from being installed.
Dell - that's not the ONLY way! You could install the hard top, take the car to the track, get the car airborne, and see if the roll bars smash through.... well, never mind!
I guess your version would be cheaper and safer!
In my friends 99 M3 Cabriolet, he took a turn a little too fast and the rear protection shot up right through the plastic window... bad for him, hilarious for onlookers... Ross
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