In article <c7a001c150f2$2b21d5f0$2c00740a@cableone.net>,
ralemen@cableone.net writes
>Mike, I would be worried if my windscreen frame moved like this. I have
>no such problem. If it did move I would be worried about the structural
>rigidity of my car.
As has been pointed out recently, the windscreen frame is not
structural, and is only held onto the rest of the body with a few light
welds. It only takes a few millimetres of movement to mean that the
hard-top retaining bolts won't go into the holes. Of course, if I left
out the cylindrical spacers, the bolts would slip in without a problem,
but those spacers are there for a purpose.
> The movable bolt plates, I assume, were designed to take into account
>manufacturing tolerances, seal thicknesses changing etc.
I have to admit that having put new seals on the hard-top has made the
problem infinitely worse. Prior to this, it was just awkward - now it
is an awful job.
> It's just a fiddly process of getting them directly below the bolts,
>tightening them up then jiggling the top slightly to get the best
>position, then tighten down back and front, then do the centre ones.
When did you last replace your seals? Maybe in a year or two mine will
have bedded in enough that the problem goes away.
ATB
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Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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