Header latches looses - adjustments?
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Car: 1989 IROC Convertible
Engine: 350 TPI L98
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Axle/Gears: 3.42
Header latches looses - adjustments?
My header latches are way loose when the top is closed. I have to ball up a "tootsie roll" of duct tape and fill the gap from the top header latch discs and the windshield header plate and then the top closes firmly. I did not find anything about this sort of adjustment. Maybe I am missing a shim or springs?
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Car: 1992 Pontiac Trans Am Convertible
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Transmission: 5 Speed Manual, World Class T-5
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Re: Header latches looses - adjustments?
Is your top original or has the top been replaced?
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From: Los Angeles
Car: 1989 IROC Convertible
Engine: 350 TPI L98
Transmission: WC T5
Axle/Gears: 3.42
Re: Header latches looses - adjustments?
Gotta be replaced. Not 100% sure but I think its a replacement.
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Car: 1992 Pontiac Trans Am Convertible
Engine: 5.0L 305ci TPI
Transmission: 5 Speed Manual, World Class T-5
Axle/Gears: 3.08
Re: Header latches looses - adjustments?
Is it a recent problem that developed or a problem that was there before you bought this car? I ask because sometimes upholstery shops don't replace the top correctly and it makes the top not sit correctly against the front header bow.
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From: Los Angeles
Car: 1989 IROC Convertible
Engine: 350 TPI L98
Transmission: WC T5
Axle/Gears: 3.42
Re: Header latches looses - adjustments?
It was like that when I bought it. Top closes nicely and flush with the header its just that the latches don't seem to be dimensioned right. Though everything looks original. Just a 1/4" gap between the closed latches and the header latch port.