Removal Procedure
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- On the sport utility vehicle (SUV), locate the plastic covers (1) toward the rear end of the roof rack side rails.
- Using a flat-bladed tool, remove the covers from both rear side roof rack side rails.
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- On the sport utility truck (SUT) vehicle, locate the roof clearance lamps toward the rear end of the roof rack side rails.
- Remove the screws (1).
- Using a flat-bladed tool, remove the clearance lamp lens covers (2) from both rear side roof rack side rails.
- Disconnect the lamp sockets (3) from the clearance lamp lens covers.
- Remove the screws (1) securing the stanchions to the roof side rails.
- Disengage the locating clips and remove the stanchions (2).
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- On vehicles equipped with cross bars, loosen the lock knobs at each end of the cross bar in order to slide the cross bar and remove the cross bar from the roof rack side rails.
- Slide the cross bar towards the rear of the vehicle and remove where the roof clearance lamps were located.
- Repeat the removal process for vehicles equipped with more than one cross bar.