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Originally Posted by MerlinG
Yes, I don't have anything on my roof so sound like I'm missing about 3 inches of height? What are the steps I need to take? Not sure what disconnecting the actuators is I assume I would disconnect the pins from the ram then jack up the top until it's tight against the rear block and then attempt to straighten???
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I don't think disconnecting the actuators will make much difference when straightening...but it would allow you to get a feel for the roof without the actuators having a death-grip on the roof mech......things may move around a bit easier; you could likely see if you can raise the roof any higher just by pushing on it.
If the rear crossbar (at the rail) is at/near the end of it's travel in the slot in the channel, then your crossbars are bent...they appear to be bent from where I sit.
I've done spring adjustments on 2 power roofs, but not much else.....so can't speak from experience here.
Any long steel bar that has some "backbone" (has to be really stiff in one direction) should work to straighten with U-bolts......high-lift jacks have that property. The stiffness of any beam increases dramatically when you increase the height/thickness of the cross-section. I think it's cubed...ie to the 3rd power.
Jump on a 2x4 laid between two saw horses then put it on edge and jump again....huge difference.
Thinking out of the box a little bit......
If you remove the crossbars and re-install them flipped over it should be easy to straighten them with just the roof actuators. They'll start out bent in the "good" direction. Of course when you have them out you can likely straighten them with some wood blocks and a come-along, or many other ways...and sleeve them too.
Here's another hare-brained idea.......remove one (or both) of the blocks holding the crossbars to the roof then put a few ratchet straps and/or a come-along between them at the ceiling and pull them together. One problem with this idea is that you aren't pulling perpendicular to the bends....it will take lots of force to do much.