Holy crap! Now you're scaring me! I thought I could ignore this and it would just go away, but I guess I need to pull mine apart now to take a look. My van has 420k kms with plenty of it camping, so I could be in trouble. I did compare with Neil's photos, but couldn't be sure if I had the problem yet or not. Supposed to be going fishing tomorrow, but if that doesn't happen, I know what I'll be doing... :-( On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > this was covered a few weeks ago, but I am re-stating it as I think > its an overlooked flaw.... > > > I know 3 owners (david, neil, and now myself) that this is happening > too. Its a design flaw, and I bet dollars to donuts all westies have > it happening too. Thing is, it makes the top harder to lift, and > probably would end up jamming or even wearing completely through. > > see here for david's pics > http://picasaweb.google.com/dbeierl/VanagonPopTopHingeTroubles# > > and here for neil's > http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/ > PopTopStrutCableAndSpringEtc#5501604217611668018 > > and here for neil's overview of how to take assembly out of van: > http://www.vanagonwiki.net/wiki/Pop_Top_Arm_Repair > > and pics of what I found on mine: > http://shufti.wordpress.com > > > alistair >
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