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Date:         Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:28:40 +0200
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: cargo boxes on top of westies
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Al's description is what I did to raise my poptop before I added the extra 10 lbs of kayak paddles and other stuff. It was hard but I could do it. With the extra 10 lbs, it was out of the question.

Joy

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****************************************************************:::-----Orig inal Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of Al Knoll :::Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:18 AM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: cargo boxes on top of westies ::: :::The hinge system on the poptop wears badly over the years. If you :::examine :::all the bearing points at the hinges in front and back and some have :::plastic inserts and some may not. Using a lubricant that won't destroy :::the :::plastic insert do your best to clean and lubricate these bearing :::surfaces. :::The work in sliding friction rather than rolling friction so the more :::pressure on the bearing surface the greater the resistance. If you cut :::two :::pieces of 3/4 inch pvc one about a foot long and the other about two feet :::long you can use them as temporary props to raise the top. Push the top :::up :::directly, not by pushing on the bar in the front hinge system. This :::takes :::the hinges out of the equation. Put the first tube in place to support :::the :::top while you raise YOUR level with the obligatory cooler. Now once :::again :::push ON THE TOP itself and raise it one more foot placing the two foot :::tube :::to suport the top. Now you can use the bar to do the rest of the job. :::Cosines kill your efforts when you use the bar only. Ever notice how :::easy :::it is once the top is almost up when using the bar on the unloaded top? :::Cosines strike again. In this case numbers don't rule but that mean old :::trigonometry hampers your efforts. Fizziks again, it's always just :::fizzix...(adapted from Feynmann)


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