RVG8tor
Well Known Member
It was over a 1.5 year ago when I glued my canopy and then I asked about the froward travel of the canopy and the rollers going up on the foot of the roll bar. Some have experienced this then one builder who has done a couple 8s said it should not go up on the foot of the roll bar it should just touch. Well in the opening and closing of fitting my skirt, if I let the momentum carry the canopy closed it likes to just ride up on the foot of the roll bar.
Now this might be a good thing, in fitting the skirts when it does this it makes the aft part of the skirt a little more snug of a fit. I have been fitting the skirt with the canpopy a very tad shy of touching the roll bar foot in hopes that fully closed it will be a nice snug fit.
But back to the canopy wanting to ride up onto the foot of the roll bar weld mount. Not only does this snug up the aft end but it also pushes the front end up when it does this, if one fit the windscreen glass work with the canopy just touching the foot, then the bit of forward movement onto the foot would really tighten up the front seal.
So my question to those that have gone before if the canopy roller is not supposed to ride up onto the foot of the roll bar then do you use some kind of bumper for a forward stop, it is obvious that the pin in the block in back allows the extra forward movement? The drawing of the canopy is not to scale but it sure looks like the roller might be meant to ride up onto the roll bar foot.
Thanks for any help, the skirt fitting is going nicely, I have only made trims and no glass work yet but I like what I have. Check out todays entry from the log link below.
Cheers
Now this might be a good thing, in fitting the skirts when it does this it makes the aft part of the skirt a little more snug of a fit. I have been fitting the skirt with the canpopy a very tad shy of touching the roll bar foot in hopes that fully closed it will be a nice snug fit.
But back to the canopy wanting to ride up onto the foot of the roll bar weld mount. Not only does this snug up the aft end but it also pushes the front end up when it does this, if one fit the windscreen glass work with the canopy just touching the foot, then the bit of forward movement onto the foot would really tighten up the front seal.
So my question to those that have gone before if the canopy roller is not supposed to ride up onto the foot of the roll bar then do you use some kind of bumper for a forward stop, it is obvious that the pin in the block in back allows the extra forward movement? The drawing of the canopy is not to scale but it sure looks like the roller might be meant to ride up onto the roll bar foot.
Thanks for any help, the skirt fitting is going nicely, I have only made trims and no glass work yet but I like what I have. Check out todays entry from the log link below.
Cheers