My PO replaced the webbing on the hoodsticks of the TR4 when he replaced the
hood some years ago. I find that I get significant noise from the hood above 30
mph, and I suspect my webbing strips are too loose.
With the levers raised to the 'taut' position for the roof, the front webbing
strap - the one that attaches to the top-centre of the windscreen, and the two
straps at the rear, seem slack to me.
The front strap could have a least and inch taken out, the two rear strips
could lose half - to three-quarters of an inch too.
The symptoms I am getting above 30 mph are a drumming noise, and, if I put an
index finger over the rear hood stick while the drumming is going on, the noise
stops. One suggestion I have been offered was to add a piece of adhesive
weather strip to the top side of the hood sticks where the top lays on it - but
that treats the sysmptom, not the cause.
I am going t experiment with small c-clamps and small blocks of wood to
temporarily shorten the webbings by 'pinching' it to see if I can resolve this
before I start cutting and hacking...but just wondered: how taut are your
webbing straps?
Cheers,
Brian
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