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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Shawn Wright