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1997 Convertible Top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

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YOUR RESEARCH1997 Convertible Top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

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window frames do not seat together

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Reported cause · Original poster

Another issue is the window frames do not seat together for a flush look.

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1997 Convertible Top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Replace any of the top gear transmissions you have

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in my experience, when you replace any of the top gear transmissions you have to readjust the top to get it synched.

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Leading evidence: 'window frames do not seat together' (1 discussions report identifying this cause; no attributable repair resolution). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'window frames do not seat together' (1 discussions; 1 report identifying it and 0 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Replace any of the top gear transmissions you have' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Replace drive gears

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

Both transmissions have been upgraded by the previous owner with the standoffs installed and I just replaced both drive gears ...

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1997 Convertible Top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Replace any of the top gear transmissions you have

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Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.

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Suggestion

in my experience, when you replace any of the top gear transmissions you have to readjust the top to get it synched.

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Replace any of the top gear transmissions you have

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0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

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Suggestion

in my experience, when you replace any of the top gear transmissions you have to readjust the top to get it synched.

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1997 Convertible Top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Replace drive gears

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

Both transmissions have been upgraded by the previous owner with the standoffs installed and I just replaced both drive gears ...

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1997 Convertible Top - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Reported and suspected causes (1)

These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.

window frames do not seat together

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

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Reported cause · Original poster

Another issue is the window frames do not seat together for a flush look.

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there's a good article on pelican website, that's what i used for mine and it worked well.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I have been working on the top opening and closing and I still have a few questions. Both transmissions have been upgraded by the previous owner with the standoffs installed and I just replaced both drive gears ... the right side was broken. Is it normal for the left and right to not be synced perfectly? Another issue is the window frames do not seat together for a flush look. Could not find an adjustment for this ...

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in my experience, when you replace any of the top gear transmissions you have to readjust the top to get it synched. there's a good article on pelican website, that's what i used for mine and it worked well. check out the end of this guide, it explains how to do it: https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Boxster_Tech/71-BODY-Convertible_Top_Repair/71-BODY-Convertible_Top_Repair.htm

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Thanks for the pointer ... I will be reading it today to make sure I did not miss a step or function.

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