Top troubles >:(
Top troubles >:( 
So today getting to the gym I go to put the top up and I hear a slight grind and then a loud pop and the top suddenly fell to about a 45% sideways leaning down towards the drivers side. I adjusted it to at least get it closed so I could work out and fix it later.
Anyhow I get it home and it wont go down unless I guided it. Turns out the bolt that held the hinges(thats the best I can describe it as) had unscrewed and popped loose AND fell ALL the way to the bottom kidna where the quarter panel is.
Took me a good 30-40 minutes to extract the damned bolt do to having my fatass fingers.
Anyhow as I finally get the bolt I had to take off the plastic piece that surrounds the ugliness. As I FINALLY get to the bolt about an hour or so into this project I realize that after about 20 turns or so that it thing is stripped...not the bolt the hole that it goes it
.My quick thinking led me to a roll of "plumbers tape". I wrapped the end of the bolt with it nice and tightly and it screwed in just fine. I gave it a couple of hefty jerks to make sure it wasnt going to go anywhere and presto...fixed that pos.
I have no clue why the bolt just decided to pop out all of a sudden...the top goes up and down about twice a day every day for the last 2 months or so and Ive NEVER had ANY kinds of noise or problems until out of the blue today.
Anyhow I thought I would share my adventure.
On The Tree
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 189
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From: Austin, TX
https://ls1tech.com/forums/convertible-vehicles/492421-stripped-threads-top-mechanism.html
was yours the same bolt? (other side, of course)
was yours the same bolt? (other side, of course)
