Crack goes the top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

RandallNeighbour · 05-29-2005, 06:10 PM

I have noticed a new annoyance when I put my top up. There's a crack! or a loud pop eminating from the passenger side in the top storage area when I raise the top.

Anyone have or had this problem in the past? What should I be looking for to locate the problem?

lwc · 05-30-2005, 06:45 AM

Likely culprit is the Main Bow Pushrod . . .

RandallNeighbour · 05-30-2005, 06:27 PM

thanks, I'll find that and check it out. If anyone else wants to chime in, I'd love more thoughts.

Pablito · 06-04-2005, 07:33 PM

Randall, I'll have to agree with the veredict above, check also the orientation of the rods (all four of them) If one of them is placed incorretly they start rubbing with each other....also that snap may be your cables getting loose from the housing in the top motor...check that asap, If you continue using it like this the transmissions will un-synchonize and you will have a possessed convertible top, th proverbial one sided flex...

rbsboxster · 06-06-2005, 06:53 AM

I'm a new member. over memorial day weekend, my top stopped working with one side up a foot higher than the other (the back bow was flexed), causing me great panic. Fortunately, I was only a mile from a local dealer...unfortunately, it was not my local dealer as i was away for the weekend.

the prognosis was i needed new motors on each side as well as a new cable...total damage was over $1,500. i feel like i got ripped off, but i just don't know. Car is 1997, so i understand that there is a design flaw that does not prevent one motor from working when the other is not working, causing the flex in the top.

Has anyone experienced both motors going at the same time. The dealer was really helpful and fixed the top immediately, so i am really wondering.

RandallNeighbour · 06-06-2005, 07:46 AM

Sounds like a single motor went out and they assumed the other would be doing the same soon enough and twisting it up in the other direction next time... so they replaced both and didn't give you an option.

The other thought is that if a new motor ran faster than the other 1997 one that wasn't yet burned out, it might create another problem.