cabby hood tension straps***UPDATE***

[ImysE30]

I get that as well, i think it's of the way the hood folds into the compartment

[DaveD]

there should be only one horizontal fold in the middle and this will disappear if you warm it.

[blingsta]

Yep, as Dave says... only 1 line going across the middle where it folds in half...

im, still waiting for my straps to arrive !!! will update asap !

[Chase007]

will be looking at these myself

[tari]

See, the thing is, I've tried different ways off folding it up yet i still get two creases. I must be doing something wrong... any ideas?

Cheers
Tee

[blingsta]

Right guys.. cars been sitting a while, so first job was to get her jumped !


i recieved my straps this morning.. here they are..


Now, i bought the straps, thinking that my bar which is the pivoted one needed some help/tension when the roof is going down so it would also pull the fabric back with it !!
you can see the pivoted bar in the pic


So, the straps went on and i tried the roof !
I noticed that the bar is going back, BUT... That wasnt my problem at all.. !


As you can see in the piccy, and as Dave mentioned earlier, my problem wasnt the bar not going back !!! it was these straps that were not folding back, hence the fabric was staying out and wouldnt allow the lid compartment to close ! Clearly see in Imys 2nd piccy...

So i grabbed some pliers and crimped the bastards !!!!

And the final result ??



So, for all that is suffering the same problem ! get your pliers out !!!

[DaveD]

well it shows I get something right....phew....now you've got it folding ...give it a service...(assuming its electric)

[blingsta]

it is leccy mate...

might just go out in a bit and try that service.. but ive only got some of that proper thick greasy grease.... !

[DaveD]

try that ...or a bit of engine oil...its only to get in the frame hinge and you can wipe the excess off after!

[ImysE30]

So it is worth me buying the velcro strapd?

[tari]

Not from the looks of it mate..

I'm going to have a thorough look when I have a day off too, this is getting frustrating now.

[blingsta]

So it is worth me buying the velcro strapd?

before you buy anything mate... try crimping the tension strap, like what i done in my picture and see what happens.. if no good, then you can have my straps that just came thru the post today..

Anyway, thought i'd listen to Dave and give my roof a good ol service. !!!!!! (you can see where this is going yeah) ??

so i undone the screws and lifted bar 2+3 .. so far so good !

oiled and greased everything and worked the hood till i got bored ! that was about 5x..

bolted it all back up and operated the roof a few times. then ...... SNAP... the highest part of part number 4 just snapped.
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ctric_roof

So a quick call to Shaz, who came to the rescue! luckily he had the bit need... come home pulled it all apart and back together again... Job done !!!!!!

Shaz... Thanks Bro

[ImysE30]

How come it snapped?

I'll try that tomorrow, thank's for the advice

[blingsta]

dunno mate, i did open n close it about 10x !! so it probably suffered too much strain !

[ImysE30]

Got me a little worried now, haven't got a Shaz round my ends

[ImysE30]

I just had a go at 'crimping' the straps and doesn't seem to work I think mine are way beyond any sort of repair

[blingsta]

after crimpin.. did they look like mine in piccy 4 ? after i crimped both sides on mine.. i still had to help the fabric push back when my roof was in position of piccy 5.. after that it just automatically jumps into that position now !!

[ImysE30]

No they didn't still stuck out

Felt like cutting the b4stards off

[DaveD]

dunno mate, i did open n close it about 10x !! so it probably suffered too much strain !

it should not move when you service the roof as this has been disconnected from the roof assembly...wonder why it snapped...does the roof move more easily now?

[tari]

I had a look today, from the looks of it in order to get my roof and strap to fold properly all I need to do is,
1 - "crimp" the strap as it has somehow bent the wrong way, causing it to hang out when folding the roof down.
2 - And get that metal rod thingy that runs across the roof through the loop on the inside of the roof, as i believe this will stop the roof from folding in rather then out (if you know what I mean??).

Hope this makes sense.. Can anyone advise me if I'm wrong?

Cheers

Tee

[blingsta]

dunno mate, i did open n close it about 10x !! so it probably suffered too much strain !

it should not move when you service the roof as this has been disconnected from the roof assembly...wonder why it snapped...does the roof move more easily now?

just to elaborate, i disconnected the 2 rods.. greased everything up.. connected them back and then i operated the roof about 10x... to be honest Dave, after i done service, it felt like it wasnt working as good as before, and then came the snap! i didnt touch the electrics after i disconnected the rods.. so i'll put it down to wear n tear ?? working alot better now with new linkage !

Tari.. try crimping the straps first and see what happens mate.. take some pics of the procedure etc... and post up on here ! good luck

[ImysE30]

Can someone take some pic's of how they crimped the straps?

[blingsta]

Can someone take some pic's of how they crimped the straps?

check page 2.. picture 4... i used pliers and gave the strap a good squeeze, it will stay in that position after the squeeze mate and should hopefully result as picture 5...

so if your sitting in your car, look up at the straps, and you crimp inbetween rod 1 and rod 2.. hope this helps mate !

[ImysE30]

I tried that but they wouldn't foooking crimp

I'll have another go at them tomorrow, can i not cut the fookers off

[blingsta]

I tried that but they wouldn't foooking crimp

I'll have another go at them tomorrow, can i not cut the fookers off

dont cut mate... have a look at my picture.. you'l notice 2 straps, 1 ontop of the other... crimp the one on the outside 1, feels like its got wire inside ? so should stay in the crimped position..

does your rod pull back on its own when you put the roof down???

[ImysE30]

It was p1ssing me off

I'll have another go tomorrow and hopefully the b4astards will stay crimped

No it doesn't, have to manually pull the fabric back

[blingsta]

right, if the bar is not going back on its own, then you need the straps that i got... i got them for £7.50.. £5 inc post and there yours ?

[ImysE30]

I'm going to have a go at trying to 'crimp' the straps properly and see what happens, if it doesn't work, then you'll be receiving a PM

[blingsta]

okay mate.. awaiting update and piccy's ..

[DaveD]

dunno mate, i did open n close it about 10x !! so it probably suffered too much strain !

it should not move when you service the roof as this has been disconnected from the roof assembly...wonder why it snapped...does the roof move more easily now?

just to elaborate, i disconnected the 2 rods.. greased everything up.. connected them back and then i operated the roof about 10x... to be honest Dave, after i done service, it felt like it wasnt working as good as before, and then came the snap! i didnt touch the electrics after i disconnected the rods.. so i'll put it down to wear n tear ?? working alot better now with new linkage !

Tari.. try crimping the straps first and see what happens mate.. take some pics of the procedure etc... and post up on here ! good luck

Sorry to say you read it wrong ...you should have worked it by hand BEFRORE you reconnected the rods!

[blingsta]

i did mate... got bored after 5 up n downs .. so i thought i'd try it a few more times with it connected

[cliff_costa]

okay i notist if the bar gos back that folds the matereal. Then if you opan the uper and lower frunt straps ther is a pese of webing if you pull on this towords the bar it makes the straps fold completley diferant from tuking it in it lols more like its mint to de like it raver than crimping so i think 4 peses of elastik one each side bdtwen bars 1and 2 then 1 each side betwen dare 1 and the loop in betwen 2 frunt straps. Triy puling it with ur fingers ferst and u wil see how the frunt straps fold away perfect. Im shor iv got sum elastic sumwer

[tfi_friday]

My elastic was completely dried out when I got my E30, which makes lowering the hood a pain. I was thinking about stitching in elastic directly on to the straps instead of the bungies. Might look aesthetically a bit nicer. I'll post pics of the attempt when I get it done.