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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:12 PM
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I have a 93 Vette, and I wanted to take the top off, since it was a nice day outside, I got one bolt off, but not the other, it would not come out, so I just stopped messing with it, and screwed the boly back in, now my roof rattles like Crazy!, I both bolts are on tight!

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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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sounds like you may have a stripped bolt
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by madman91
sounds like you may have a stripped bolt
my thoughts exactly
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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so just replace the bolts? and I should be good?
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackVette00
so just replace the bolts? and I should be good?
thats if you can get them out & the hardware will have o be replaced too
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Old May 9, 2007 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackVette00
I have a 93 Vette, and I wanted to take the top off, since it was a nice day outside, I got one bolt off, but not the other, it would not come out, so I just stopped messing with it, and screwed the boly back in, now my roof rattles like Crazy!, I both bolts are on tight!
If you can get the bolts out, run a tracer to clean up the threads and use some PB blaster while your tracing them.
Should help get then out the next time easier.

May have some cross threads where bolts go in.


Good Luck
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Old May 10, 2007 | 09:07 AM
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and you can get your new bolts from mid america, ecklers,corvette central, etc. good luck
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Default Removing Roof Panel

Just a thought, are you attempting to remove a perspex type roof panel or a body coloured original roof panel.
I have both and noticed the other day that my perspex one rattles, never heard it before and found that the bonding between the roof frame and the perspex was coming apart and the panel was rattling due to air coming into the car when going over 60 mph, the bonding is similar to the polyurethane glue that is used to intall the windshield,
this may not be the same fault, but it is worth checking, my car is a 1996 coupe, don't know if this is a common problem.
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