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YOUR RESEARCHHydraulic Pump UH Oh
Leading reported evidence
Replace right side cylinder
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
No successful repair reported for this finding.
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Reported fixes
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Unsuccessful attempts
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Discussions
Read evidence and context
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Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
I just replaced my right side cylinder for the top. It worked great but couldn�t get clamshell closed all the way.
Outcome qualification: Negation, uncertainty or missing explicit repair resolution overrides the raw extraction signal.
Frequently discussed work
Disconnect connector
No successful repair reported for this finding.
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Unsuccessful attempts
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Discussions that contain suggestions
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Suggestion
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
Leading evidence: 'Replace right side cylinder' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'clamshell latch is closed' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Disconnect connector' (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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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.
Discussions that suspect a cause
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Suspected cause · Original poster
I think my problem is the clamshell latch is closed.
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.
Discussions that contain suggestions
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0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
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.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
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.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion · Original poster
The drive unit needs repair so I order the kit from pelican.
These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.
Disconnect connector
No successful repair reported for this finding.
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Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
Outcome qualification: Negation, uncertainty or missing explicit repair resolution overrides the raw extraction signal.
Use battery
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
11 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
Rennlist: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 1 adjusted by outcome qualification.
1 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Hey there. I am in need of some desperate help. I just replaced my right side cylinder for the top. It worked great but couldn�t get clamshell closed all the way. Got it closed and latched. It would not re open. So I proceeded to use the manual method with the screw. Well Turing the screw counter clockwise to raise the clamshell it got to the point where it is hard to turn, I turned and the screw broke off!!!!! Needless to say, I have a locked clamshell and I cannot get a drill into the broken screw to drill it out. Will the durametric be able to unlock the latch holding the clamshell so I could hopefully raise it to get the pump out to then hopefully drill out the broken screw? I hope that I have not really screwed myself. See what I did there? Please help.
I had a clamshell hatch stuck situation with the top down and the screw broke .You will not like my solution -I used a Dremel with a cutoff disc and sawed the hatch .motor bracket off disconnected the motor and then manually turned the hatch mechanism to open the hatch .If the top is up it might be possible to get to the hatch drive wires disconnect the connector and use a battery to drive the motor .Hopefully someone has a better plan than what I did .
Yeah, something is keeping the latch from coming undone. I hope the top didn�t get between the latch and the clamshell. I have a sneaky suspicion that is what happened. I might have to try to unbolt the sides of the clamshell and see if I can maneuver it around to get it unlatched. I ordered the manual repair kit so I am not worried about the screw broken. I can fix that once the clamshell is opened. This is not fun. Any others out there that have had a stuck latch on the clamshell? FYI. The side patches are undone.
Also ….don't know what reference material you have but you will need to retime or calibrate the drive motor once apart .The shop manual spells out all the steps .Might want to see if you can get a copy from one of the rl members .Mine is gone .
Thank you!!! I have some recent success but not much. I was able to take a small piece of wood and saw as suspected that the top was caught in the latch. The latch was open but the top was caught. Got that fixed and out of the way. I cannot for the life of me get the clamshell opened. I am thinking of taking out the roll bars and trying to get to the motor, remove the motor ( if I can ) which would allow me to get to the drive and possible move it!!!
It actually was pretty easy once I removed the roll bar. The drive unit needs repair so I order the kit from pelican. Something isn�t right as I can�t get the clamshell to latch. Might just head to the Indy. I got lucky figuring out the whole ordeal. If anyone wants a write up I am happy to provide one.
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