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CLOSE TONNEAU AND INSPECT LOCKING MECHANISM. ENSURE LATCH HITS THE U BOLT CENTRALLY. IF IT DOES NOT, ADJUST THE U BOLT
ACCORDINGLY BY LOOSENING THE M6 NUTS AND MOVING THE U BOLT UP OR DOWN AS SHOWN. ONCE ADJUSTMENT IS COMPLETE, TIGHTEN
THE M6 NUTS. IMPORTANT: TONNEAU HAS 2 STAGE LOCKS. ENSURE TONNEAU ENGAGES WITH SECOND STAGE OF THE LATCH.
FIG. 33
TC0169eMITSUBISHI TRITON 3 PIECE TONNEAU COVER
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1
ATTACH GAS STRUTS. ENSURE THE NARROW END MOUNTS TO THE VEHICLE.
FIG. 32
ENSURE NARROW
END OF GAS STRUT
MOUNTS TO VEHICLE
TO REMOVE:
13
13
5
FIG. 34
OPEN TONNEAU AND ENGAGE LOCK BY PRESSING UPWARDS ON LATCH. ADJUST PULLRODS TO FIT INTO RETAINER CLIPS BY ROTATING THEM
CLOCKWISE TO SHORTEN OR ANTI-CLOCKWISE TO LENGTHEN. CLIP PULLRODS AND RETAINER CLIPS BACK INTO POSITION. TEST LOCK BY
PRESSING THE BUTTON ON TOP OF TONNEAU COVER. IF LATCH MECHANISM DOES NOT RELEASE, RETURN TO STEP 3 AND SHORTEN THE
PULLRODS. FINALLY, RE-CONFIRM THE OPEN-CLOSE-OPEN OPERATION OF TONNEAU WITH THE TAILGATE CLOSED. MAKE FURTHER
ADJUSTMENTS IF NECESSARY BY RETURNING TO FIGURE 29, 33 AND 34. FINALLY REPLACE INSPECTION COVER.
1
ENGAGE LOCK
LATCH MECHANISM
PRESS LATCH
UPWARDS
“CLICK”
2 4 6
TEST LOCKING MECHANISM
5
ROTATE PULLRODS
CLOCKWISE = SHORTEN
ANTI-CLOCKWISE = LENGTHEN
ADJUST LENGTH OF
PULLRODS BY ROTATION
3
RETAINER CLIPS
LOCK PLASTIC RETAINER
CLIPS BACK IN POSITION
REPLACE
INSPECTION COVER
INSPECTION
COVER
INCORRECT
INSPECT LATCH
ENGAGEMENT
CORRECT
2
ADJUST U-BOLT
USE A RULER TO ENSURE
U-BOLT REMAINS PARALLEL
TO LOCK STRIKER
3
TORQUE 10Nm
4
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21
22
FIG. 35
NEXT STEP
2
1
RE-TORQUE 5Nm
LOOSEN HINGE SCREWS
TO ADJUST TONNEAU
POSITION IF NECESSARY
2
CLOSE TAILGATE AND TONNEAU COVER AND RE-CHECK CLEARANCES.
LOOSEN HINGE SCREWS AND ADJUST TONNEAU FORE & AFT IF REQUIRED.
DO NOT ADJUST HINGES WHILE GAS STRUTS ARE CONNECTED. RE-TIGHTEN HINGE SCREWS TO TORQUE 5Nm.