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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / March 2008Convertible Top Latches Fix?
My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually I have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather demands it. Would replacing the latches with new ones solve the problem? It is a new vinyl top from Robbins, but I am wondering it the problem is not in the latches but maybe the top framing itself. Any advice woudl be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually I > have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather demands > it. Would replacing the latches with new ones solve the problem? It > is a new vinyl top from Robbins, but I am wondering it the problem is > not in the latches but maybe the top framing itself. Any advice woudl > be greatly appreciated. Thanks. A new top often needs to be stretched out. Leave it up for 4 or 5 days and it should set. There are also adjustments that you can do to the latches, but with the top being new, that is almost certainly what is causing the problem. Pat > > My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually I > > have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather demands [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Pat Well, I did that. This top is over 6 months old now. >>> My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually I >>> have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather demands [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Well, I did that. This top is over 6 months old now. That makes it a used vinyl top from Robbins, not new. I would try adjusting the latches to their maximum setting and see if that helps. If that does not fix it and it has not and will not stretch to fit, then it is most likely a defective or improperly installed top. The frame is pretty tough and any damage to it would be quickly noticed both visually and while raising and lowering it. Pat > >>> My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually I > >>> have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather demands [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Pat It was new when I got it. Anyway, I will try adjusting the latches. > It was new when I got it. Anyway, I will try adjusting the latches. I was not trying to be rude, it just makes a big difference on whether you just installed the top or not. New made me think that you had recently installed it, so stretching it by leaving it up would have made sense. With six months of use and it still not fitting properly, there is probably another problem, as you suspected. Anyway, good luck and please let us know how it works out. Pat > > It was new when I got it. Anyway, I will try adjusting the latches. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Pat I didn't think you were being rude. I just wanted to make it clear that I bought a new top. I am going to do the latch thing, but I am wondring if the latches tend to wear out making it more difficult to catch. did you install the top yourself? does it have a zippered window or a non zip glass window. a non zip glass window comes with straps to be added to the frame that could have been installed too short resulting in tremendous resistance to closing. when you say you have trouble latching the top does that mean you have never been able to latch it or close the latches since it was installed or that it is just difficult? when i put on my cloth top it took a couple of hours for me and a friend to get it to close for the first time. and that was in the middle of the summer with full sun heating it up. i was told to leave it closed for a week and was in fear of opening it for the first time thinking that i would not be able to ever close it again... but it was fine. and i did not have to make any adjustments to the latches. On Feb 28, 12:31 pm, pws <pwshel...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > mdginzo wrote: > > It was new when I got it. Anyway, I will try adjusting the latches. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Pat I didn't think you were being rude. I just wanted to make it clear that I bought a new top. I am going to do the latch thing, but I am wondring if the latches tend to wear out making it more difficult to catch. > My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually > I have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather > demands it. Would replacing the latches with new ones solve the > problem? It is a new vinyl top from Robbins, but I am wondering > it the problem is not in the latches but maybe the top framing > itself. Any advice woudl be greatly appreciated. How old is the top? Robbins says the top must be installed, put up and left up for a couple of days to stretch out. I lowered my brand new Robbins top with the glass rear window the first day I got it and put it up later that evening. The rear window tore out.... It's going to take some time to stretch it out properly, maybe a week or more if the weather is warm, maybe until next summer if it's cold...  SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Careful use of a hair dryer will do wonders! I SAID CAREFUL! "It's going to take some time to stretch it out properly, maybe a week or more if the weather is warm, maybe until next summer if it's cold..." > > My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually > > I have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > It's going to take some time to stretch it out properly, maybe a week > or more if the weather is warm, maybe until next summer if it's cold... > > My 1995 MIata has a lot of trouble latching the top down. Usually > > I have to keep it open and use a seperate cover when the weather [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Robbins top with the glass rear window the first day I got it and put > it up later that evening. The rear window tore out.... I had the same thing happen. The no-zip glass window top had a defct. Robbins replaced mine and paid to have it re-installed free of charge. > It's going to take some time to stretch it out properly, maybe a week > or more if the weather is warm, maybe until next summer if it's cold... > > -- > XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups > The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org |
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