99 Boxster Roof Off Tracks! Need help - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

986andmx5 · 04-11-2021, 04:33 PM

I worked on trying to solve this for a few hours today and read up on forums for a few more. No matter what I did to sync up the transmissions, the clamshell support arms became uneven at some point in the operation. The driver's side has a lot of tension on it and starts to dig into the weather stripping as in the photos. I made a youtube video that captures my issue and bewilderment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rPTbLx6-sM

I'm not sure where to go from here.

Luckyman01 · 04-12-2021, 12:08 PM

986-561-552-01-GRV

In my case it was the right arm, the twwek was subtle but it mattered.

986andmx5 · 04-12-2021, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Luckyman01

986-561-552-01-GRV

In my case it was the right arm, the twwek was subtle but it mattered.

Thanks for sharing, I will compare both support arms and check out the push rods for abnormal bends as well. Were you able to reshape yours or did you have to order a new one?