Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Pawel66 on October 25, 2020, 18:20:53

Title: A Remark on a Picture From Technical Manual on Hard Top - I Think it is Wrong
Post by: Pawel66 on October 25, 2020, 18:20:53
We have a picture there in the Tech Manual of a hard top latch (end of section). When I first assembled it this way, the herd top resulted sitting good half centimeter too high and the metal pieces that are holding it were bent by nut squeezing them.

The nut should go through the washer to the shelf that goes around the back of the top, then the metal piece, then rubber washer, then the plastic pieces locked by the pin.
Title: Re: A Remark on a Picture From Technical Manual on Hard Top - I Think it is Wrong
Post by: Peter van Es on October 25, 2020, 19:04:40
You can fix the Technical Manual yourself.

That’s the whole point of it. Do not rely on others to make the fix for you.

Peter
Title: Re: A Remark on a Picture From Technical Manual on Hard Top - I Think it is Wrong
Post by: Pawel66 on October 25, 2020, 19:16:09
Peter, I would not dare. I am not qualified enough to mess around with Technical Manual. I contributed something in the past once it was sort of "approved", otherwise I would not touch it.

The correct picture of the latch is there, by the way, as part of the instruction.
Title: Re: A Remark on a Picture From Technical Manual on Hard Top - I Think it is Wrong
Post by: 66andBlue on October 25, 2020, 19:37:14
Pawel,
is it this picture that appears to be wrong?
https://www.sl113.org/wiki/uploads/Tops/Pin.jpg
If not, can you point us to the offending one?
Title: Re: A Remark on a Picture From Technical Manual on Hard Top - I Think it is Wrong
Post by: Pawel66 on October 25, 2020, 20:49:36
Yes Alfred, this is the one. If you assemble it like that, you will bend the metal plates and your hard top will sit too high by the thickness of the nut. There is another picture that shows where the nut and large washer are going. It is earlier in the instructions.