AFT lifting speed

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AFT lifting speed

Post by redrocket » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:04 am

I have not owned my bongo for as long as many of tou on here so maybe you can shed some light on this for me. My AFT lifts up the roof really quite slowly and was wondering if this is just a thing with bongos or are my motors are on the way out in which case ill just replace them?
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by rita » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:30 am

How long does it take .(to get it up)
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by mikeonb4c » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:34 am

Are you doing it with engine running (you should, and it's a lot slower engine off)
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by Bongolia » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:47 am

rita wrote:How long does it take .(to get it up)
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by g8dhe » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:54 am

Mine goes up in less than 20 seconds, can you beat that ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOdxmvxyJco&t=6s
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by Bongolia » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:45 am

Nope! Just done the Aero @ 28 secs.
Interesting video I didn't realise there were templates on BF for that.
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by Bob » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:45 am

Engine running is the main thing. :)
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by redrocket » Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:19 am

Ive always had the engine running as ive seen the amperage rating for the motors... Its just seems slow...mine is a little slower around the same time as bongolia im guessing.. I will time it. Guess im just being impatient....30 seconds can seem like a long time when you have your finger on the button
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by Bob » Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:29 am

Not timed it, but 30 seconds sounds ok to me.

Its not unusual to have to 'help' the roof up the last little bit, gentle push from inside.
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by redrocket » Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:13 pm

I timed it earlier at 32 seconds...guess im just impatient....so what mods does one need to get from 0 to finish in 20seconds lol

To be honest id never saw any other roof mechanism lift up before so was just curious if the speed was normal which it obviously is
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by mikeonb4c » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:32 am

redrocket wrote:I timed it earlier at 32 seconds...guess im just impatient....so what mods does one need to get from 0 to finish in 20seconds lol

To be honest id never saw any other roof mechanism lift up before so was just curious if the speed was normal which it obviously is
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by g8dhe » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:00 pm

The gas struts were replaced about a month ago so thats probably the trick to getting it up fast :D
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by Bob » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:12 pm

Ah, so that's your secret, Geoff. :lol:
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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by BigPanzer » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:42 am

But surely the way to tell if your erectile equipment is working satisfactorily is to also time it on deflation and see how this time compares to the time taken to get it up. If it flops down much quicker than it goes up then you might need the same type of surgery Geoff has had. If the times taken are roughly similar then you are probably fairly normal taking into consideration age and correct pulling of the rigid thing positioned front centre (if this is not done, you won't be able to get it up at all). If, on the other hand it goes up very quickly the moment the magic button is touched and only goes down slowly, accompanied by a faint sigh from the adjacent circular orifice then you either (A) have problems and you need to see your Bongo doctor ... or .... (B) are telling porkies.

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Re: AFT lifting speed

Post by Bob » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:05 pm

Its all in the angle of the dangle...
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