 Bowed Targa Top, It's not the rear seal... |
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| tomeric914 |
 Jul 10 2009, 10:59 PM
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One Lap of America in a 914!  Group: Members Posts: 1,279 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Syracuse, NY Member No.: 9,101 Region Association: North East States 
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Anyone have a problem with their targa top bowing? The PO put a big ol' piece of foam between the targa bar and top to keep it sealed. I'm just trying to understand WTF happened to bow the top so much.
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| ruby914 |
Oct 30 2012, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(mepstein @ Oct 29 2012, 03:25 PM)  QUOTE(nine9three @ Oct 29 2012, 06:15 PM) I've read through the topic list and can't really find a solution. I have installed a new rear seal from 914rubber but have a gap in the center or the top. The seals are sitting nice on the sails just not on the center of the pad (gap). Solutions?? Warm it up and flatten it out? Maybe experiment on an old top? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) It is hard to imagine latching the top on the car with something under the center to make it retain a bend like that? I wonder if it was in storage up-side-down with something heavy on it? Maybe the latches were set too close together, this would make the top hit the out side of the taper, squeezing it with no place to go but up? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I would think, your best bet is to take it off, put something heavy on the back 4"and do the heat cycle thing. That may take days or weeks of hot days? Check the latches, if they are overly close together, you may want to adjust them with a bias to hit the inside of the taper first. Good luck. |
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tomeric914 Bowed Targa Top Jul 10 2009, 10:59 PM
roadster fan the top on my 71' is kinda like that. Sometim... Jul 12 2009, 01:31 AM turnaround89 Until this thread, i didn't even know my targa... Jul 12 2009, 11:17 AM nine9three I've read through the topic list and can't... Oct 29 2012, 04:15 PM
mepstein
I've read through the topic list and can... Oct 29 2012, 04:25 PM nine9three
I've read through the topic list and can... Oct 29 2012, 05:13 PM mepstein
[quote name='mepstein' post='1759991' date='Oct 2... Oct 29 2012, 08:36 PM kg6dxn The foam pushing on the latches could make it bow ... Oct 29 2012, 06:11 PM bandjoey There are 2 different tops. The rear latch rubber ... Oct 30 2012, 02:03 PM |
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