Roof elevation help

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waynesurf360

Roof elevation help

Post by waynesurf360 » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:52 pm

Hi just looking for some advise on my Bongo roof. When I elevate the roof it seems to stop a couple of inches short of where it needs to lock in place, I use to press down and up a couple of times and this seemed to lock it out but now I need to manually push the roof whilst someone presses the up button. I tryed lubricating the rollers but was just wondering if there was any other adjustment or if anyone has come across this before? Thanks in advance :D
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Re: Roof elevation help

Post by Rhod » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:03 pm

Fairly normal behaviour for the AFT I'm afraid. With increasing age many of us are finding the need for a little manual help to get it extended the last inch or so :oops: Other than lubricating the tracks, rollers & struts, there doesn't seem to be much that can be done.
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Re: Roof elevation help

Post by daveblueozzie » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:22 pm

Its fairly common I'm afraid, the cold weather doesn't help, it makes the tent material stiffer, so its harder to get it to go up all the way :shock: :oops:
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