Convertible Vehicles - why my top wont close, nd help, pics inside

For some reason this bar just will not swing out on its own for the top to close. I just tried putting some grease on the joint but still creaks and will not fold up on its own. Anything not look correct?

How it is suppose to look when closing:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop019.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop022.jpg

How its NOT suppose to look: (locked up)

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop020.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop021.jpg

Other pics of the area:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop026.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop024.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop025.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop023.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop014.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop015.jpg

Problem area highlighted in red:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/verttop023-1.jpg

It was working 100% fine two days ago

guys I really need help with this. Can anyone look at their top and see if the arms/rods... look the same?

guys I really need help with this. Can anyone look at their top and see if the arms/rods... look the same?

Are those normally hidden by or inside something?

I have never noticed those parts on my top.

They might be hidden by the headliner. Not sure.

They might be hidden by the headliner. Not sure.

K I will try to remember to go out to the shop and look at my top.

Thanks to STARK I figured it out! These are suppose to be straight! Dont know how they got bent. I fixed them and the top works fine.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/mytop.jpg

Good job man! :cheers:

Thanks to STARK I figured it out! These are suppose to be straight! Dont know how they got bent. I fixed them and the top works fine.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/mytop.jpg

WTF!? That is a lot of bend for not knowing the reason, unless I am missing something. Do you have B4 and after pics to show how it should be?


DM

WTF!? That is a lot of bend for not knowing the reason, unless I am missing something. Do you have B4 and after pics to show how it should be?


DM

How it should look:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/starktop.jpg

No headliner?

No headliner?

I'm working on that...

How it should look:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/Insaneauto86/starktop.jpg

WTF! How the hell did something like that happen without your knowledge?


DM

WTF! How the hell did something like that happen without your knowledge?


DM

No idea. Worked fine two days prior.

Did it at any point hit your cage when closing, or even opening for that matter? Maybe it is touching somewhere depending on how the body flexes and it bound up. In your pics, it looks like your cages is painted, I would check it for scuffs in the paint ;)

DM