S2 hardtop whistle solved
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Thought I'd post this for reference, let me know if anyone wants more info.
I have finally got around to bodging myself a bracket for to 'pull' the centre of the rear of the hardtop down to get rid of the high speed whistle that I was getting from my hardtop. I fashioned it out of a couple of brackets from B&Q, with a wooden bit that screws on to one end and cantilevers against the underside of the roll-hoop. One section of the bracket has to be screwed into the rear face of the hardtop itself and then its clamped down by a single bolt, which means it can be taken on/off or tightened by hand. I haven't made it look pretty but it does the job and I can now travel at high speed in silence.....(well, silence from the roof anyway). Now just the Police to watch out for......
Prob going to try to get front clam off tomorrow to fit new grille's. Was going to do it anyway but timescales have been forced by the sad plight of an indecisive and slow pheasant in Herefordshire on 27th..... Luckily it was just the grille and itself that was damaged.
I have finally got around to bodging myself a bracket for to 'pull' the centre of the rear of the hardtop down to get rid of the high speed whistle that I was getting from my hardtop. I fashioned it out of a couple of brackets from B&Q, with a wooden bit that screws on to one end and cantilevers against the underside of the roll-hoop. One section of the bracket has to be screwed into the rear face of the hardtop itself and then its clamped down by a single bolt, which means it can be taken on/off or tightened by hand. I haven't made it look pretty but it does the job and I can now travel at high speed in silence.....(well, silence from the roof anyway). Now just the Police to watch out for......
Prob going to try to get front clam off tomorrow to fit new grille's. Was going to do it anyway but timescales have been forced by the sad plight of an indecisive and slow pheasant in Herefordshire on 27th..... Luckily it was just the grille and itself that was damaged.
Sorry for the delay, sadly I'm a lazy git, but here goes. Hopefully the image below works, its not pretty but its functional and you can make a much more attractive one if you can be bothered using the same principal. Basically the central L shape is screwed to the 'upright' back of the hardtop, its hollow so I just drilled and screwed 5 small woodscrews in.
I screwed a wooden upright to the second L-shape which fits up underneath the roll-bar, with the other metal side sitting against the underside of the roof. Then I've just used a long bolt to 'pull' the part fixed to the roof downwards, pulling the roof down with it. It doesn't need to be that forceful to stop the whistling.
Although it looks quite big its not really visible from the outside and you don't notice it from inside either. The L-shaped brackets were off the shelf at B&Q for a couple of quid and the bolt was about a quid as well.
I screwed a wooden upright to the second L-shape which fits up underneath the roll-bar, with the other metal side sitting against the underside of the roof. Then I've just used a long bolt to 'pull' the part fixed to the roof downwards, pulling the roof down with it. It doesn't need to be that forceful to stop the whistling.
Although it looks quite big its not really visible from the outside and you don't notice it from inside either. The L-shaped brackets were off the shelf at B&Q for a couple of quid and the bolt was about a quid as well.
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