Exactly! I did it on my own and would have helped having somebody to guide t=
he screws....especially the corners
Definitely difficult but you can do it on your own as well

-----Original Message-----
From: "Alistair Bell" [albell@SHAW.CA]
Date: 03/05/2013 12:03 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?

Won't make it any easier when all is said and done. You do have to scrunch u=
p there to get screws (aluminum extrusion on roof) out and back in, and the =
rear corners are the most difficult.

Getting the screws back in there is easier with a helper. My friend and I re=
placed 3 canvases last year. We never did get efficient at it but one good t=
ip at the rear is if you have 2 working on it, one is in the van screwing in=
 the screws, and the other is outside at the rear of van with putty knife to=
 push the screwhead into place in roof  hole. ie finding the hole on roof wi=
th screw through aluminum extrusion is sometimes annoyingly hard by yourself=
.

alistair

On 2013-03-04, at 8:37 PM, neil n wrote:

> Hi all
> =

> Bentley says that for my '81, the closet and upper storage need to be
> removed before upper bed can come out. That in itself doesn't doesn't
> seem like a lot of work especially since I don't have AC.
>
> Will removing the upper bed make canvas replacement, top still
> installed, any easier?
> =

> My canvas has the staples.
> =

> Neil.
> =

> =

> --
> Neil n
> =

> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
> =

> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
> =

> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> =

> Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
> =

> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engi=
nes