Go Westy has a video on removing the top, but the way they handle the H-bar
works well for just removing it buy itself. When you have it off, have a
helper cut the zip ties while you release the tension on each arm using both
hands, one grabbing each arm near the ends. Installation is the reverse.
It�s not that hard to control the spring tension this way, and there is no
tension when the arms are straight: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=87&v=ASC9dZkfxbQ 

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Palmer
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 9:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame

The first symptom i noticed when my frame started to fail was my upper bunk
hitting the roof (because the roof wasn't elevated as much as it should be).
�The second symptom was a loose canvas. �I think the half centimetre or
whatever it is that it's sagging because it's cut through the crossbar
resulted in both of those symptoms.

Jeff

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