<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Joe,<div>I think you can tighten it but get the hinge </div><div>all the way outboard first. The frame can </div><div>flex enough when lowering. You’ll know</div><div>when you get the spring and all working.</div><div>Gary</div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 11, 2022, at 2:44 PM, Joe Brown <jbbrown1980@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for all of the responses. I will try to bend the spring so that it will stay on the hinge. A couple of other people said something about maybe needing to loosen the bolt with the nylok nut. I had this bolt tightened all the way up against the top frame and it sounds like I need to loosen it a little bit so the hinge can move on the frame as it is lowered.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Joe Brown<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">GARY WINBLAD</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:garywinblad@comcast.net">garywinblad@comcast.net</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 12:53 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Soft Top Hinge<br>To: Ron Fraser <<a href="mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.com">rfraser@bluefrog.com</a>>, Joe Brown <<a href="mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com">jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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Wow Ron, hopefully that's not a part you will have to use.. looks like its been the bay
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YES, the spring does pivot with the arm.
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Joe, you may want to remove any paint and oil the joint so it all rotates easily.
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On 10/11/2022 12:59 PM Ron Fraser <<a href="mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.com" target="_blank">rfraser@bluefrog.com</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I marked the spring with white.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think it should pivot with the arm but not sure.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong> Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Joe Brown<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, October 11, 2022 11:33 AM<br><strong>To:</strong> <a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br><strong>Subject:</strong> [Tigers] Soft Top Hinge</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question about the soft top hinge. In the photo below I added a red arrow pointing to a curved piece of spring metal. I'm not sure what this is supposed to do. I thought maybe it was supposed to rest against the pivoting arm that attaches to the soft top frame but the shape of it does not match the arm and won't stay on it. </p>
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