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Forum: General Sportsmobile 08-16-2011, 10:13 AM
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Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

I thought seriously about going up a size on the scissor bolts but my reticence was that would be making a tube failure a possibility and that would be much more difficult to replace than a sheared...
Forum: General Sportsmobile 08-15-2011, 12:41 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

I took pics but the resolution was too high for the site. I was asked to decrease the rez but I'm headed to Africa in a couple/three weeks and I've got a ton of prep work to do (Carnet for moto,...
Forum: General Sportsmobile 08-08-2011, 02:53 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

So finally the Sportsmobile is whole again.

I replaced the scissor bolts and slider bolts with the grade 8 (highest strength) equivalents.

I replaced the mangled slider with an equivalent...
Forum: General Sportsmobile 08-01-2011, 10:49 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

Good to know! Now that you mention it I do recall the caps.

Curious though, thinking about the chain tensioning mechanism. Why do you suppose SMB didn't just use a simple turn-buckle mechanism?
Forum: General Sportsmobile 08-01-2011, 10:29 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

About 60 pounds. When I first installed it I thought about adjusting the chain but lifting the pop top was still easy, so much so that even my 5'2" 100 pound girlfriend could do it so I nixed the...
Forum: General Sportsmobile 08-01-2011, 09:05 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

Acknowledge the "adjusting" via moving attachment point on the chain. Thank you.

One other remark. I use my SMB often and in many instances its in dusty conditions (ie Baja Mexico). Even though...
Forum: General Sportsmobile 08-01-2011, 08:10 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

Yes, brute strength... I'm sorry to say. (I applied Teddy R's philosophy "Do what you can, where you are, with what you have") Started with short 2x4s and then added blocks until I could get a...
Forum: General Sportsmobile 07-31-2011, 10:34 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Re: Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

Thanks for the reply jage. I did indeed get the top up and supported with 2x4s and blocks - not an easy task but I got it done (the only casualty was my rear florescent light - guess I'll have to...
Forum: General Sportsmobile 07-31-2011, 05:18 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 17,130
Posted By kallen
Pop top scissor bolts snapped & will not rise

On a recent camping trip one of the scissor bolts snapped. The bolt is affixed at the intersection of the spring loaded steel supports in the pop top. (ie The bolt joins the two steel pop top...
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