Opening pop tops
Submitted: Friday, Apr 25, 2014 at 17:20
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Sometime ago there was a thread on the above ,I think saying to push up at the back of the van first.Ours has the combo shower/
toilet at the rear so wondering if this makes a difference to which end to start with. Any other info may be helpful, as new to pop tops.
Reply By: disco driver - Friday, Apr 25, 2014 at 18:42
Friday, Apr 25, 2014 at 18:42
My experience in opening pop tops.
Always open by pulling the tab toward you otherwise you may spill your beer down your trousers.
You don't want that to happen, apart from the embarrassment of having wet trousers it wastes perfectly good beer.
Just remember it's Friday
Disco.
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Reply By: glids - Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 at 09:02
Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 at 09:02
Some pop-tops have 'scissor lifts' at the SIDES as
well as at the ENDS. Pretty much all will have them at the ends for stability, but some manufacturers put them on the sides as
well - maybe for extra lift, or for extra stability.
BUT, if yours has scissor lifts on the sides as
well, you MUST lift the roof horizontally - ie, both ends at the same time. It all has to do with the geometry of the scissor lifts - the top and bottom rails must stay parallel (ie roof horizontal) or they will be over-stressed and something will fail.
Our van has 3 solar panels on the roof, so the manufacturer put scissor lifts all round, plus 2 gas struts each side. It was a PITA to lift the roof from both ends, so I re-engineered the gas struts and removed the side scissor lifts.
If you don't have scissor lifts on the sides, I don't think it makes any difference which end you lift first, although I have heard it said before that the roof settles more squarely if you are consistent with first lowering the end that was last raised. I don't bother with that and have never had any problem.
cheers,
glids
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