How To Remove Roof Bars Without Key

I don t have any keys on mine though.

How to remove roof bars without key.

Peel the pads by sliding a credit card under them as you pull up. This should pop the lock cylinder loose. Obviously this isn t a realistic option for you since you don t have any need for. Check the roof of the car to make sure that the rubber pads have not stuck to the roof.

I m sure they ll come off fine as long as you get the right kind of screwdriver whether philips or torx or hex. I remember when i first got started on e30 s i took like an hour to remove a fucking steering wheel because the column was locked. Yeah time to pick that shit. There should be a 4 digit number stamped on the locks.

As such they use thule locks. Usually the spring clip on the back pops off and the lock comes out if not the barrel breaks out and just turn. Came with roof bars and i want to take then off as i m not using them at the moment they re noisy and they can. The votex roof rack is made by thule specifically for volkswagen.

My 00 oem cross bars use t30 torx head bolts. This will depress the spring mechanism and the tab. My rather crude way of dealing with this type of lock is a large flat blade screwdriver with a hex shank for gripping with a spanner. Insert the screwdriver and twist in the normal opening direction.

Push down and in on this tab with your small screwdriver. While continuing to press on the tab with the screwdriver use a finger on your other hand to push down on the lock cylinder. Or a sawzall then you get to tinker with it at home. Then the junkyard closed and i had to leave.

Using that number you can either get replacement keys from votex or through thule directly might even be cheaper without the vw markup. I think my factory crossbars 09 use some kind of hex screw if not torx but whatever it was the screwdriver came with the crossbars. Remember to hit all the tumblers. Rhino rack does not make just the replacement keys for their roof racks available.