top unevenly closed

[Jinster]

The left corner of my convertible top sits about 1cm further to the windscreen compared to the right corner. It has been like this for a while. I am still able to latch it close with minimal effort.

I have been reading the posts here. It seems like I have a plastic cable sleeve lengthening problem. And as I understand it, the way to fix it is either buy two new cables and replace the old ones with some adjustments to allow for the different length of the new cables; or simply cut a bit of the old plastic sleeve off the cable.

Is this correct?

I am going to do this DIY. Just in case the weather doesn't hold, approximately how long does this process take to DIY?

[ar38070]

This is not the sleeve lengthening problem. That problem results in the breaking of things as one side lifts and the other does not. Your problem is that the top transmissions are a little out of sync. You need to take off one of the transmissions cables and spin it in the appropriate direction to line up the two sides.

While you are doing this you can check to see if you may also have the sleeve lengthening problem. When you remove the cable you can check to see if the inner part extends about 3/4" out of the sleeve. If so then you do not have a problem (at least yet). If it only sticks out about 1/4" then you should consider replacement or cutting back the sleeve.

If you can live with the 1 cm difference then you can also just leave it alone.

If you only have to resync the two side it would take about 5 minutes.

[Jinster]

Thanks for the clarification AR38070. :)