Alex
Nordschleife
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A couple of days ago I noticed my soft-top wasn't closing properly on the passenger side above the windows so today I thought I'd have a go at sorting it out.
See here the problem where the trim along the edge isn't sitting correctly in the side tracks
After having a play around with the roof half open and a few internet searches it looked like something was wrong with the left hand Cabriolet Hood Tension Rope. Apparently it seems like quite a common fault so thought I'd do a post on here incase anyone else has the same problem.
One end is screwed into the pivot point of the frame behind the back left hand window and the other end is located underneath the side trim on the roof.
So I started off by pulling off the rubber seal that runs along the underside of the roof and seals against the door window, then removing the front trim that runs across the full length of the front of the roof and holds the seal and canvas roof in place, also then removing the side strip that clamps over the canvas and the backing plate under the canvas. Once this was done, the canvas roof can be peeled back off the frame.
After peeling the roof back and looking for where the cable fit I noticed a broken rivet sat inside the frame (you can just spot it on his photo to the right of the middle).
The cable hooks on to the rivet and because it had snapped wasn't pulling the roof down at the sides as it should. Here's the little fella
I don't have a rivet gun so decided to drill a 2.5mm hole through the middle and bolt it back together.
Once I'd done that I found the hole it was riveted through and fitted it back in place.
Then undid the cable at the bottom point to give me some slack.
and hooked it back on at the top.
Then put it all back together in reverse order of dismantling. Took about an hour and a half and hey presto.
See here the problem where the trim along the edge isn't sitting correctly in the side tracks
After having a play around with the roof half open and a few internet searches it looked like something was wrong with the left hand Cabriolet Hood Tension Rope. Apparently it seems like quite a common fault so thought I'd do a post on here incase anyone else has the same problem.
One end is screwed into the pivot point of the frame behind the back left hand window and the other end is located underneath the side trim on the roof.
So I started off by pulling off the rubber seal that runs along the underside of the roof and seals against the door window, then removing the front trim that runs across the full length of the front of the roof and holds the seal and canvas roof in place, also then removing the side strip that clamps over the canvas and the backing plate under the canvas. Once this was done, the canvas roof can be peeled back off the frame.
After peeling the roof back and looking for where the cable fit I noticed a broken rivet sat inside the frame (you can just spot it on his photo to the right of the middle).
The cable hooks on to the rivet and because it had snapped wasn't pulling the roof down at the sides as it should. Here's the little fella
I don't have a rivet gun so decided to drill a 2.5mm hole through the middle and bolt it back together.
Once I'd done that I found the hole it was riveted through and fitted it back in place.
Then undid the cable at the bottom point to give me some slack.
and hooked it back on at the top.
Then put it all back together in reverse order of dismantling. Took about an hour and a half and hey presto.
