Draker
Well Known Member
How much force should it require to close and latch the tipper? Mine seems to require quite a bit of force, to the point where I am seriously worried about the aft stress I'm putting on the bulkhead behind the seat (where the latching mechanism is attached). You can barely see it, but that bulkhead bows aft a bit when the canopy closes! The long tube that connects the latches on the two sides also bows a bit when the canopy is closed. It is actually normal to have to gorilla-arm that thing closed, or should it easily snug closed?
The latch moves freely until the last 1/4" of canopy travel, where it is compressing a thin strip of weatherstripping I installed along the canopy edge where it contacts the deck. I might try ditching the weatherstripping and see if that helps.
I'm using the JDAir flush latch, but that shouldn't matter because the pushrod mechanism that actuates the latch is the same.
The latch moves freely until the last 1/4" of canopy travel, where it is compressing a thin strip of weatherstripping I installed along the canopy edge where it contacts the deck. I might try ditching the weatherstripping and see if that helps.
I'm using the JDAir flush latch, but that shouldn't matter because the pushrod mechanism that actuates the latch is the same.