Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:03:46 -0800
Reply-To:     BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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From:         BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: No best answer to Pop Top raise
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 15:26:13 -0500, you wrote:

>Curiously the reason I added these had more to do with bring the top
>DOWN, then raising it. You see, when you add a few hundred pounds up
>top, when you lower the poptop, it can drop DOWN on your head with a
>lot of force. Adding these struts allows for a nicely controlled
>lowering (just like stock) even with the 200+ pounds up there.

Hey, it's the 'S' of 'B & S' here, and she'll probably shoot me dead
if she discovers me using her account, but I'm not subscribed here.

Forgive me for being under-edumacated, but my understanding is that
the strut thingies are simply 'dampers' , a bit like the shocks on
your van, that stop rapid accelerations and decelerations.

If that's the case, (and I'm absolutely not certain that it is) how in
heck would a strut help you *lift* the pop-top?

 I'd guess that to do that, you'd need stronger springs at the hinge,
some mechanical lifting device (like a skyhook and pulley), or the
struts should have some extending force, such as an internal spring?

I guess that there *is* an advantage in B not being able to lift the
darn thing - it means that she *has* to have me along when she goes
camping <grin>


S(&B)
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal