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Subject:Re: Pop top -- catch this before it's too late.
From:neil n
Date:Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:44:39 -0700
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.

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