How do I remove the rear roof rack?

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Steve B. - 20 Oct 2005 05:43 GMT

I'm about to sell my '95 900 SE coupe (if anyone in Sydney, Australia, is
interested), and can't figure out how to remove the rear roof rack. (The
roof rack manufacturer fitted them for me.)

It looks like I have to remove the small piece of bodywork over the rear
side window; is this correct?

If so it looks like I need to remove two screws: the rear one becomes
accessible when the rear hatch is open, but the front one is mostly hidden
by the rubber door seal. It may just be a matter of pulling this seal out of
the way - assuming it's held by a lug pressing into a hole in the bodywork -
but I'm not sure that's the case, don't want to tear it, and may be barking
up completely the wrong tree.

Does anybody know how to do this?

Thanks in advance,
Steve = : ^ )

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ma_twain - 21 Oct 2005 02:26 GMT

I am assuming the 1995 900 SE coupe is not much different from the 1994
900 SE. The factory roof racks fit the same on the front and back.
There are two holes in the roof where the two lugs on the base of the
roof rack go in. You have to pull the rubber seal back to see these.
You tighten or loosen the fit the rack by turning the knob at the end of
the roof rack. Installing and removing this type of roof rack does
result in deforming and/or damage to the rubber seal, but that is the
price of not having a real rain gutter. The Classic 900 has a real rain
gutter and the factory and after market roof racks clamp on the rain
gutter. I suppose the rain gutter does not look a smooth and may result
in a lower gas mileage, but my Classic gets better gas mileage (and more
power) than the NG 900.

> I'm about to sell my '95 900 SE coupe (if anyone in Sydney, Australia, is
> interested), and can't figure out how to remove the rear roof rack. (The
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve = : ^ )

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Steve B. - 21 Oct 2005 07:43 GMT

ma_twain said:

> I am assuming the 1995 900 SE coupe is not much different from the 1994
> 900 SE. The factory roof racks fit the same on the front and back.
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> in a lower gas mileage, but my Classic gets better gas mileage (and more
> power) than the NG 900.

Thanks for this, but maybe the '95 was a new model, or maybe it's deferent
with third-part racks. I just checked with the local Saab repairers and I do
have to remove a piece of bodywork by removing two screws, one of which
requires me to peel back the rubber seal on the door to access. This then
allows me to get at the end of a bolt over which the roof rack slips. With
the piece of bodywork in place, I can see the bolt (through a slit in the
roof), but only from above, whereas I need to slip the rack off the _end_
off the bolt. I hope you can make sense of my description.

Thanks,
Steve = : ^ )

>> I'm about to sell my '95 900 SE coupe (if anyone in Sydney, Australia, is
>> interested), and can't figure out how to remove the rear roof rack. (The
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Steve = : ^ )

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