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'98 boxster top failure
I had an interesting day today disassembling and reassembling the top mechanism on my '98 boxster. It failed friday when the right side of the cover went up and the left side stayed down, then stalled in that position (fun ride home). The dealer was closing and wouldn't wait an extra 15 min. for me to get there, plus the rough estimate of $1200 for the fix made me decide to tackle it today.
After removing the right and left transmisions and removing the cables from the motor, I couldn't find anything wrong! [IMG]cable ends at motor[/IMG] I removed the cables, laid them out, and they were identical except for the brass wire in the right cable.[IMG]cables[/IMG] I assume that the left cable end slipped out of the motor causing the failure.
I reassembled everything, testing as I went. The most difficult part being getting the transmisions aligned the same.
The top now works as before, except that now I am concerned that the cable will disconnect again.
I have seen that Porsche has new and improved cables. Are they longer than the originals to engage the motor more securely? [IMG]cable length[/IMG] If so, I plan to replace them.
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