I had the same problem but I solved it by unscrewing and screwing in
the plunger thing on the bonnet. It can be adjusted using a flat
head screw driver and then adjusting the nut. It took a while but
since have never had any trouble.
At 09:26 PM 9/14/2009, Eric Erickson wrote:
>Aaron Whiteman wrote:
>>List gurus,
>>
>>I can't seem to keep the bonnet locked down. If I hit a bump, pop
>>and I'm relying on the second latch to keep it in
>>place. Fortunately, it hasn't happened at speed yet, but this bothers me.
>
>Yes, mine has been doing the same for years. I even added a new,
>stiffer plate for where the catch mounts to the bonnet because I
>thought that was flexing and causing the issue. I have moved the
>bonnet back and forward and side to side. Adjusted the catch up and
>down. Just about everything you can imagine. It gets better for a
>while (for months) and then I hit a bump and it goes (luckily for my
>track work we are required to have an additional safety "strap" to
>catch the bonnet if it happened to fall off the secondary catch, so
>I am not worried about it going over my head).
>
>So please - throw you advice to Aaron because I want to catch some of it!
>
>I am right on the verge of putting pins through my lovely aluminium
>bonnet because it has "popped" one too many times when I have been
>on the track - and even though *I* know it ain't going anywhere,
>track marshals get nervous and I have been black flagged more than
>once for this, grrrrr.
>
>Thanks for asking that, Aaron!
>
>
>
>
>Eric
>
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