Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:11:28 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Question about westy poptop crossbar
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I agree, I have a spare in the barn with crossbar removed but rest of mechanism intact.
But it might be a little bit of a struggle spreading the gizmo enough to get the bar out when it is in the van. Might have to be done half extended.
Alistair
> On Apr 24, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Looking at my spare (which I’m going to sell), the crossbar is there only to make it easy to push the top up. The sleeves it goes into are welded to the elbow cover, and it’s held in place by a through bolt.
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> So, no problem in taking it out for painting, but it’s best done with the top up!
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> Stuart
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> From: Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:24 AM
> To: Stuart MacMillan
> Cc: Vanagon mailing list
> Subject: Re: Question about westy poptop crossbar
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> Suart et al,
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> What I was planning to do was just remove the crossbar, leaving the springs and uprights in place. Only the crossbar has corrosion. I was wondering specifically if there was any mechanical connection betweenthe crossbar and the uprights so that the springs somehow interfered with the removal or, worse, the thing would do something unpredictable with the top up and the crossbar removed.
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> Jim
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> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:
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> No big deal, just cut a long pole to hold the top up, or if you have gas springs you may not need one. I'd tape over the gap where the spring cable runs since you'd have to paint it folded and unfolded to cover it all, and it's greasy anyway.
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> Good time to change the canvas too!
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> Stuart
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:49 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Question about westy poptop crossbar
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> The crossbar that you use to raise the poptop... mine could se a little cosmetic improvement after three decades of wet towels etc. hung over it.
> I'd like to remove it to repaint it. What kind of trouble am I going to run into?
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> Thanks,
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