By jon on Saturday, September 22, 2001 - 11:47 am: Edit

i've read the tech page on how to mount a ladder on a disco. my question is can i just drill the holes and screw in the ladder, or do really have to do the whole rivnut thing. yes, i know i'm lazy...

By Kyle on Saturday, September 22, 2001 - 01:13 pm: Edit

Screwing it on isnt gonna hold much. Kinda defeats the purpose for putting it on in the first place..

Kyle

By fat ass on Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 06:25 am: Edit

I drilled and screwed mine on and it holds my big ass up there!!!! 200+ lbs!!! Screw it on there it will be fine!!

By Rob Davison (Pokerob) on Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 06:40 am: Edit

if you screew it in i would be gingerly when pulling the door open with it. as for standing on it , i dont see it making a difference , since most of the support is held buy the top of the

rd

By MTB on Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 08:39 am: Edit

Jon
I drilled the bottom holes out and bolted it with stainless bolts, top I screwed in sofar so good but will be putting rivnut at the bottom had 2 left over from my sliders.

Michael B

By John Lee on Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 08:56 am: Edit

Oh god, not another hunk of shit. There are enough of those already. Please, use the rivnuts. Install is easy and you don't even have to buy a RivNut tool.

Here's a shortcut to how I did a friend's Disco: http://www.expeditionexchange.com/disco2laddernew.htm

By Redsrover (Redsrover) on Sunday, September 23, 2001 - 10:04 am: Edit

Buy a riv-nut tool from JC Whitney for $20.00. What's the big deal? I bought one when I installed the rear light guards and since then I have used it to install dog guards on both my RR and Disco. Paid for itself by doing the job right the first time.

Red

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Monday, September 24, 2001 - 04:38 am: Edit

You can also pull the rear trim panel off and throughbolt the bottom bolts with large washers on the backside. Kind of a PIA job, but pretty secure - moreso than Rivnuts IMHO

By David on Monday, September 24, 2001 - 04:41 am: Edit

Is the rear door Aluminum or steel on the DII?

By MTB on Monday, September 24, 2001 - 04:04 pm: Edit

John: Oh God Not another Hunk of Shit.
What do you mean. Screwing and/or bolting. I understand all the problem you can have with having different metals touched each other. But if you take your time and try to do it right you should not have any trouble.
Try to do it right The top two holes on the rack are going into steel. Used stainless screws with some sealent. The bottom two holes used stainless bolt,nuts & washers. Drilled the holes larger than the bolts and on the back side where the nut & washer are I used a plastic washer next to the aluminum then the stainless washer. Now the question is am I going to have corrosion problems time will tell.
So please explain another hunk of shit lol

Michael B

By Kyle on Monday, September 24, 2001 - 04:09 pm: Edit

Yeah , through bolting is the best option. The rivnuts are better then just screws but the bolts and nuts are better then that. The problem with screws is that you only have the thickness of the sheetmeatl for them to grab , that aint much..


Kyle

By jon on Monday, September 24, 2001 - 05:16 pm: Edit

thanks for all the info...