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How many bolts are required to attach the soft top frame to the B post pivot on a Series V Alpine? Thanks in advance for your expertise!
Rick
Rick
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Thanks, TomOne bolt on each side, to attach the vertical frame portion of the top frame to the tab on the pivot assembly. And note that that bolt is a shoulder bolt and must be affixed to the tab on the pivot arm in a way that allows it to also pivot. As the B post pivot rotates up and down, the attached top frame pivots in ward and outward.
Note also that the tab on the B post pivot arm is one of the weak points of the top design. It's very common for that tab to be bent in an almost un-reparable way. It often happens, when raising the top, if the main pivot binds at all, for that vertical main post on the top frame to give you enough leverage to actually bend the tab and pivot arm in a way that is almost impossible to undo without a lot of heat.
I just noticed that the WSM has no description of this.
Tom
Mike:Are we talking about the bolts that DanR just had fabricated?
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Mike
Thanks for the clarification on Dan’s bolt Mike. The bolt I’m referring to attaches the frame to the pivot arm.Rick,
The bolt DanR had fabricated is what attaches the top frame to the B post bracket and is the pivot point. See picture below.
Mike
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