At 08:59 PM 8/25/2015, jpalmer@MYMTS.NET wrote:
>Define "unfolded." :)
>
>Extended? That is with top raised? <---- That one.
>Collapsed? With top down? <---- Maximum spring tension, all ready to
>give you lots of help unfolding it.
>Unsecured? Detached at the roof? <---- Might that be "unhinged"?  Never mind.
>Insecure? Generally uncomfortable with its place in the camping world?
>
>And how did you lube it after install?  Grease or graphite or ...

Once you make the end solid instead of a thin-wall pipe it's already
way better than the original.  Anything you can get in there after
that is gravy.  I likely used spray lithium grease since at least in
theory that can wick into such places before the carrier evaporates.

Yrs,
d