Roof Rack ribs removal

[kneedragger]

I completely removed the roof rack on my 96. After I got those 4 long ribs removed from the top there was a plastic guide on the roof. I peeled the plastic guide off, and it left behind this industial grade double sticky tape kind of stuff.

Does anyone know a good way to get that sticky tape stuff off the roof????

 

[Stevesnj]

Acetone should do it.

 

[Mud dawg]

Hey, I am about to do the same thing. I am wondering if goo gone will work or a combination of goo gone and a heat gun? How are you filling the holes when you have the rack removed? Ed

 

[Brentbba]

Search is your friend on this topic - discussed many times.

To make you jealous as hell tho - whatever numbnut put my roof rack on at the port forgot to take off BOTH sides of the sticky adhesive strip plastic protection so my ribs just came right off!

 

[Delancy]

There's a 3M product available at any body shop supply, maybe more places I don't know, call the "Magic Eraser". It's literally an eraser ready to chick into a 3/8" drill, and rases all evidence on the adhesive.

Went through 3 on an LX. A lot easier than any other product I tried, be it chemical, heat, or frustrated fingernail.

Edited: That's butyl tape, by the way.

 

[TEXASYETI]

I put some heat to it with a heatgun and rolled it right off the metal.

 

[Mud dawg]

How did you all plug your screw holes?

 

[Delancy]

How did you all plug your screw holes?

Welds.

 

[western flyer]

From all the threads on here, IMO the heat gun appears to be the way to go.

For me, I removed the main rack and ribs, then painted the ribs, sealed the nutserts (I did not have rust at the rib hardware/nutsert locations), and reinstalled the ribs with the stainless hardware. Some info on sealers and one way to deal with the tower holes here:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/609224-factory-rack-removal-options.html

 

[kneedragger]

I sealed the the wholes ( nut serts ) with materials i purchased out of ACE hardware. A gentleman here on mud gave me specific instruction and exact measurements for the screws. I will repost wheni dig it up.

 

[kneedragger]

https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/609224-factory-rack-removal-options.html#post7825657

Western Flyer was nice enough to help my rookie a** put this together and it turned out perfect. He broke it done Mickey Mouse style, just like i needed.

Thanks Western Flyer

 

[mossman40]

Does anyone know a good way to get that sticky tape stuff off the roof????

I can't find it at the moment but someone mentioned using an iron and a towel. Lay the towel down and run the iron across it to heat the strips up.

 

[Delancy]

I'll reiterate.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/...0000_nid=WTV9QQQD9JgsNGQGZXQ0C5glR5VXTBPQPTbl

I can't see how a a towel and iron, even a heat gun can remove the butyl any faster than this.

A little background. I bet I personally have ran more butyl tape than there is on every 80 series with a port installed roof rack, and that doesn't include others under my charge that probably have surpassed mine a hundred fold.

I've never seen a product as efficient at removing said tape than the $13 3M Eraser Wheel that I thank Mud for introducing me to.

As a matter of fact, it has been an invaluable tool I just recently utilized at a professional capacity. My guys laughed at until it saved them two hours on a 140-150 surface removing tape ten times more durable than installed on the 80, all thanks to Mud.

For what it's worth.

 

[Timpanogos Slim]

I just wanted to come to this thread to ask the OP to try saying his title out loud five times fast.

 

[kneedragger]

I didn't make it past 3

 

[western flyer]

Delancy has a ton of first hand experience at this, so his suggestions get top billing.

Glad to help kneedragger. Maybe you should post some pics.

 

[icorradoi]

I'll reiterate.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/...0000_nid=WTV9QQQD9JgsNGQGZXQ0C5glR5VXTBPQPTbl

I can't see how a a towel and iron, even a heat gun can remove the butyl any faster than this.

A little background. I bet I personally have ran more butyl tape than there is on every 80 series with a port installed roof rack, and that doesn't include others under my charge that probably have surpassed mine a hundred fold.

I've never seen a product as efficient at removing said tape than the $13 3M Eraser Wheel that I thank Mud for introducing me to.

As a matter of fact, it has been an invaluable tool I just recently utilized at a professional capacity. My guys laughed at until it saved them two hours on a 140-150 surface removing tape ten times more durable than installed on the 80, all thanks to Mud.

For what it's worth.

A bit old, but for people wanting to remove that adhesive tape, this is the way to go. Just one wheel removed all of the adhesive leftover from the four ribs for me. Takes a little elbow grease and learning the proper technique (use the edges of the rubber wheel), but I got it done in under ~30 minutes. Now off to the body shop....

 

[Brentbba]

I'm going to make you very jealous. Many years ago when I went to remove my OEM roof rack and ribs I found that the worker that had installed the ribs HADN'T taken off the protective plastic from the adhesive strip! Not a one of them!! They just came right off. No adhesive, no nothing outside the nutserts from any of them.

Looks like you had fun tho and got it all off.

Opps - already said about the same thing above in a post from 2012!

 

[4G63 POWER]

From my snapon guy.

 

[icorradoi]

From my snapon guy.

That looks good, it's almost all edges and I bet it catches/pulls up the adhesive a bit better than the smooth rubber wheel I bought from NAPA. I'm sure the $nap on one was more expensive as well, though. Mine was about $35, but I get a discount, so not sure what list price is.