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Originally Posted by biobaggie
There's a plastic rivet/plug thingy (appx 1" long and 3/8" - 1/2" diameter)that has a series of semi flexible ridges that look like screw threads. The ridged portion passes through a hole in the other part of the cover, thus keeping them joined together. It's impossible to pull off since the ridges have a much larger diameter than the hole. The head of the rivet/plug is actually glued on to the yellow/white hard foam that is packed into the black plastic cover, so the best way to remove it is to break the glue seal and the 2 pieces come apart. I glued it back in place on reassembly with no problem(although it sounds like you won't be reinstalling). The head of the rivet/plug is shaped exactly to the contours of top part of the plastic cover, so it it is easy to glue back in exactly the same place. I was going to take some photos when took mine off but couldn't find my camera at the time  . |
I just installed a harness bar and 6 point harness. I ran into the same problem when I was dealing with the covers. I was able to get them unclipped and access the big bolt, but had to actually disarticulate the cover to get the work done properly. When I was done and needed to reassemble the cover, I used superglue to attach the internal plastic piece with that rivet/plug onto its foam attachment on the posterior half of the cover. It worked fine and the reattachment has held up nicely.
I contemplated leaving the covers off, but I thought it looked better with them on. It's not like I didn't have them to replace, so I put them back on. Maybe you will like the unfinished look of the exposed bolt, but it's not like it's a beautiful piece of kit to show off. I want to try to figure out a way to show off the gorgeous aluminum door hinges.