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Date:   Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:44:39 -0700
Reply-To:   neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:   neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Pop top -- catch this before it's too late.
Comments:   To: Mike Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:   <AANLkTi=USUbm+umhkRsmgeAZYZL_Vi9A02nVrmUQE_ZD@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Raise top to full height. Prop top safely to take weight off arms. > Remove fasteners and/or hinges as per Bentley. There may be enough > room to take out strut assembly as one piece. (though in my case the > prop may have been in the way) The springs in arms will be almost > totally UN-compressed. .

Should read:

".... The springs in arms will be almost totally UN-tensioned."

In other words, the springs are mostly unsprung.

Neil.

-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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