Install method: Dzus Pro
with S-Spring Rivet-On Receptacle
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Description
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Tools:
- Stepped Drill Bit – OR – 1/4"
(6.5mm) Drill Bit
- 3/32” (2.5mm) Drill Bit
- 1/16” (1.5mm) Drill Bit
- Pop Rivet Tool
- Metal Scale – OR – Measuring Tape
- Marking Pen
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Locate:
- Determine where to place Dzus Pro
Bolt Hole.
- Tape the two sections of bodywork
together.
Note: Taping the bodywork
together will help set the gap between the two bodywork
panels.
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Pilot Hole Drill:
- Drill a Pilot Hole with a 1/16”
(1.5mm) Drill Bit to locate the bolt hole for both
sides.
- Repeat for additional holes joining
the same panels.
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Check Hole
Location on Inner and Outer Pannels:
- Check the Pilot Hole has enough
clearance to the top and bottom of each panel.
Note: If your Pilot Hole is
not in a good position, repeat the Pilot Hole Drilling
procedure. The 1/16” hole can be filled with epoxy
before painting.
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Mark S-Spring
Receptacle Alignment Reference Line:
- S-Spring Receptacle is mounted on
the Inside Panel.
- Using a straight edge (metal scale)
and a Marking Pen, create a ~1inch (~30mm) Reference
Line on the Inside Panel.
Note: This Reference Line
will guide you on where to pre-drill the pop rivet
holes.
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Mark S-Spring
Drilling Points:
- Make two marks 3/8” (9.5mm), on
either side from the Pilot Hole.
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Drill S-Spring
Mounting Points:
- Use the 1/16” (1.5mm) Drill Bit to
create initial pilot holes for the S-Springs.
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Check S-Spring
Mounting Holes:
- Check that all mounting holes align
up.
- Check #1: Check Outer
S-Spring Mounting holes are centered in the S-Spring
- Check #2: Check center bolt hole
is aligned with the wire in the center.
Note: If your holes are not
in the correct good position. The 1/16” (1.5mm)
holes can be filled with epoxy.
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Enlarge the rivet
holes:
- Use the 3/32” (2.5mm) Drill bit to
enlarge the rivet holes on each side.
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Enlarge Pilot
hole on Inner Panel for the Dzus Pro Bolt:
- Use the Stepped drill bit to
enlarge the Pilot Hole to 1/4" (6.5mm).
Note: you can use a 1/4"
(6.5mm) Drill bit, but a stepped drill bit makes a
cleaner hole.
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Mounting the
S-Spring Receptacle:
- Install
the S-Spring Receptacle with the included 3/32” Pop
Rivets.
- Put one of
the 3/32” Pop Rivets though the bodywork and S-Spring
Receptacle mounted on the inside bodywork panel.
- Squeeze the Pop Rivet tool to
fasten the rivet plate to the bodywork.
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Check Pop
Rivets Appearance after mounting S-Spring Receptacle:
- Pop Rivets should be deformed
inside S-Spring Receptacle mounting eyes.
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Pop Rivets
Appearance after mounting S-Spring Receptacle:
- Pop Rivet
heads should be flush to the bodywork
- Dzus Pro Bolt should fit and
engage into S-Spring Receptacle.
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Enlarge Pilot
hole on Outer Panel for the Dzus Pro Bolt:
- Use the
Stepped drill bit to enlarge the Pilot Hole to 1/4"
(6.5mm).
Note: you can use a 1/4"
(6.5mm) Drill bit, but a stepped drill bit makes a
cleaner hole.
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Install bolt:
- Install
the bolt though the outer panel
- Use a plastic washer on the
inside to hold the bolt to the outer bodywork.
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Installed bolt: |
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