disconcerting breakage (sport bar related)

[Tr0l178]

I've been carrying a canoe around on my topless YJ for a few days including on some rough roads. I noticed a (new) clunking noise when I hit bumps and found that one of bolts attaching a side-bar to the sport bar had sheared.

I've replaced both sides with non-torx grade 8 bolts. I have no idea what hardness the broken torx bolt was, but it drilled pretty easily.

I thought that this was part of the "roll cage" and that it should be strong enough to support more than a 60lb canoe.
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[Joe Dillard]

I had one shear for no apparent reason several years ago.

http://www.fototime.com/13C4F09662257CD/standard.jpg

[pschneider]

mine didn't break but they did vibrate out on me while I was wheeling

[Rebel Wrangler]

I had one shear for no apparent reason several years ago.

http://www.fototime.com/13C4F09662257CD/standard.jpg

phew, guess who's not hangin from their roll bars anymore? This is a good warning, and thank you for having a mess up before I did. :bowdown:

[ssyj94]

i've had the samething happen to me i replaced them both with real grade 8bolts

[Jason L Williams]

If I would have known that this was common, I wouldn't have cursed myself when mine sheared off. I just ended up welding the bar back to the hoop.