INSTALLATION OF REAR GRAB BAR
I am offering this post in the hope of saving other Sprinter owners some time and frustration.
I own a 2018 4X4 Passenger van that was not originally equipped with rear grab bar handles. Needless to say without the aid of the grab bar it was a bit difficult to enter the van through the back door. If a van isn’t originally equipped with grab bars the holes for its mounting (in the panel) are also absent. You would think that MB could simply have the panel perforated with the holes for the grab bar and fill them with buttons but they don’t. Worse yet, while some vans have the threaded holes for the grab bar behind the panel I am told others do not. Fortunately, my van had the threaded holes but the trick was to precisely cut the two holes in the panel directly in front of the threads.
See the two pics. The top hole is for the button. The distance between the middle of the top button and the middle of the top grab bar hole is 6.5 inches. The distance between the grab bar holes is 16.5 inches. Finally, the grab bar holes are 1.5 inches from the rear edge of the panel. The other pic shows the finished work.
Hope this helps another Sprinter owner.
I am offering this post in the hope of saving other Sprinter owners some time and frustration.
I own a 2018 4X4 Passenger van that was not originally equipped with rear grab bar handles. Needless to say without the aid of the grab bar it was a bit difficult to enter the van through the back door. If a van isn’t originally equipped with grab bars the holes for its mounting (in the panel) are also absent. You would think that MB could simply have the panel perforated with the holes for the grab bar and fill them with buttons but they don’t. Worse yet, while some vans have the threaded holes for the grab bar behind the panel I am told others do not. Fortunately, my van had the threaded holes but the trick was to precisely cut the two holes in the panel directly in front of the threads.
See the two pics. The top hole is for the button. The distance between the middle of the top button and the middle of the top grab bar hole is 6.5 inches. The distance between the grab bar holes is 16.5 inches. Finally, the grab bar holes are 1.5 inches from the rear edge of the panel. The other pic shows the finished work.
Hope this helps another Sprinter owner.
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