RE: grab handle install blues

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Mon Feb 08 1999 - 23:01:42 EST


They made "Oh Shit" Handles for the Dak's??

What's the part number??

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> AJRoss50@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 7:01 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: grab handle install blues
>
>
> I know a few of you have installed a passenger side grab handle
> on your trucks
> and I have a question those few. Here is my problem. My truck, a
> '97, has the
> holes predrilled in the a-pillar. Well, the bushings supplied
> with the kit are
> too small for the holes. And by too small I mean, just barely
> too small. I
> think the next size bushing, if there is such a thing, would be too big.
> Should I J-B weld them in place? I don't know if the J-B weld will hold.
> Also, I am thinking maybe the bushings were just cast/machined
> wrong. Should I
> exchange the bushings for another set? Also, I am thinking maybe
> I have SAE
> bushings and need metric or vice versa? Anybody run into this
> same problem?
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Alex
> 97 CC Sport V8 5spd 3.92 SG
> Airaid intake
> Gibson split-rears
> Pioneer in-dash CD
>



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