DIFFICULTY INSTALLING LUGGAGE RACK

Model and Year 1984 CELEBRITY STATION WAGON

Some 1984 Celebrity station wagon luggage carriers may present difficulties with installation and/or fore and aft adjustment of the cross rails. This condition may be due to long cross rails or burrs on the plate nuts, or both.

On luggage racks which exhibit the above conditions, the following is recommended:

1. Disassemble the luggage carrier and measure the cross rail chord length. (The chord length is the straight line distance such as the length of the string of a bow.)

The chord length should be 918.5mm (36.16 inches).

2. On those cross rails that have a chord length of 924.5mm (36.4 inches), 6mm should be sawed from one end of the cross rail. Redrill the 6mm (7/32 inch) on the underside of the rail 10mm from the end of the rail to the center of the drill hole and on the same center line as the original hole.

3. With the plate nuts in position, the sliders should move freely in the side rails. If a slider binds, the burrs on the top and bottom edge of the plate nut should be filed down until the slider does move freely.

4. Reassemble the luggage carrier as shown on the instruction sheets.

The following is a list of the screws and nuts used in the roof luggage carrier package.

P/N 14002806 Plate - Roof Luggage Carrier Rail Slider Lock.

P/N 14002805 Screw and Washer Assembly - Special Hex M6 x 1 x 20.0.

P/N 11508000 Screw - Oval Trim Head 6 Lobed Socket Machine M6 x 1 x 45.0.

P/N 11508001 Screw - Oval Trim Head 6 Lobed Socket Machine M6 x 1 x 65.0.

P/N 11508021 Screw - Oval Trim Head 6 Lobed Socket Tapping M4.2 x 1.41 x 16.0.

P/N 11502668 Screw - Pan Head Tapping M5 x 018 x 10.0.

P/N 14002811 Nut - Roof Luggage Carrier Side Rail Support M6 x 1.

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