And, like every job I do, I discard and replace all hardware I touch or can easily get to. As you can see, this spline plate bolt has seen better days. That's what happens if you try to remove them without having a helper apply slightly more tension to the torsion bar, so that the bolt can come cleanly out of the hole in the plate. Thankfully the threads in the roof box are still good.
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