T-Top Question
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Racer
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From: West Point MS
T-Top Question
I have pulled the weatherstripping off one of my t-tops on my 75. I noticed in the process that something was rattling around on the inside of the top so I removed the interior panel and found nothing. I shock it around some more and it was still making noise. I removed/broke off the screws holding the chanell and drilled out the rivets on the flat piece below it and removed it. After all this I see no way to seperate the inner and outer halves of the t-top to remove the loose objects. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get the objects out? Appears that the two halves of the t-top are bonded together with some sort of body filler.
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From: Plano TX
I haven't tried getting T-Tops apart, but I've found that the factory bonding adhesive comes apart fairly easily if you heat it with a heat gun. I'm not sure if this same bonding adhesive was used to bond the tops together, but so far I've only seen one type of adhesive used.
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: West Point MS
I haven't tried getting T-Tops apart, but I've found that the factory bonding adhesive comes apart fairly easily if you heat it with a heat gun. I'm not sure if this same bonding adhesive was used to bond the tops together, but so far I've only seen one type of adhesive used.
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Petersburg va
t-top
I had the same thing in one of my tops, someone had replaced the weather strip and broke off the white plastic inserts inside! i just live with it i see no way to get inside a t-top without destroying it.
Racer
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: New England
I have the same thing,it happened when I removed the weatherstrip. I think that it may also be the head of a rivet also because I removed my chrome for painting and had to drill out the rivets. It only makes a noise when you put the tops on or off , I live with it.
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