[TR] TR4A Soft Top Installation

[ptegler]

Agreed!!!  VERY good advise (Dave mentions here)

I've installed tops 'warm' and yes...great for wrinkle reductions and 
taut fit.... BUT... ALL tops will shrink a bit. so installing them 
WARM.... be warned, when cold, and a couple years from now... they will 
be REAL tight trying to put them up.

I wouldn't install them COLD either.  For me.... the happy medium has 
been 60-70 degrees.

might I suggest the following:
..install but with clothes pins/clips only.  Pull it taut and adjust as 
needed to get it smooth without overly tight. Let it sit a day/two. It 
will stretch a bit (flatten out) Then adjust as desired, and install and 
fasten as per instructions.

BTDT... ten+ years on one in paritcular now,  and it still goes up 
without issue and the window edges (at your shoulder) still snap on 
easily and STAYS snapped as designed.

ymmv    ;-)


Paul Tegler ptegler at verizon.net www.teglerizer.com
On 12/31/2016 11:40 AM, Dave wrote:
>
>     do it on a warm sunny day
>
> This is a recipe for setting the top too tight to erect on a cool day 
> - when you really need to. This is one of my pet peeves.  Folks say 
> you must wait for a warm, sunny day to put the top up.  I say no, you 
> need to be able to put it up when you NEED to put it up, such as when 
> you are on a fall color tour drive and the clouds roll in and it 
> starts to rain.  I had a top installed one spring (cool weather) and 
> it fit just fine and it went up regardless of the weather.
>
> <<Rant mode off>>
>
> Dave Massey
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: glemon <glemon at neb.rr.com>
> To: john-marie <john-marie at sbcglobal.net>; <triumphs at autox.team.net> 
> <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 2:59 pm
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A Soft Top Installation
>
> I am not an expert either, but used the information on the buckeye 
> site and VTR http://vintagetriumphregister.org/maintenance/ (scroll 
> down) to fit my TR250 top and it turned out fine. I actually like the 
> VTR site better for this particular how to. Basic instructions, do it 
> on a warm sunny day, in the sun, find the side to side center of the 
> top, start from that center in the back and work forward. sidewalk 
> chalk is your freind.
>
> I think the main difference between the 4a and 250/6 top is the velcro 
> seals on the sides, otherwise pretty similar.
>
> Greg Lemon
> TR250
>
> ---- john-marie at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > Folks,
> > Looking for some expertise on this subject. I am beginning to 
> install a Robins top on my TR4A. The closest instructions I have found 
> was a Buckeye Triumphs article on installing a soft top on a 
> TR250/TR6. Much of the article is useful, but not meant for a TR4A. My 
> thoughts for the webbing is to attach them to the rear retainer bar, 
> bolt the bar to the body and fit the webbing. Have the old webbing to 
> help locate the frame ribs. Fitting the rear of the top to the bar, 
> after it's unbolted, seems straight forward. The top has a fold at the 
> rear that will set the position of the bar and Lift-the-Dot studs. I 
> am less sure on how to handle the the front. Based on the old top, the 
> front flap is is folded over the one piece steel channel seal and 
> riveted to the header. And there is a rubber seal to be attached. Any 
> suggestions on how to do this and get a tight top will be greatly 
> appreciated. I claim no expertise. Any comments are welcomed.
> > John DeLuca
> > St. Louis
> >
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