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Use nylon gears ,..frank

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only use nylon gears ,..Frank
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Hi, problem with the soft top on a 1999 Boxter (original not facelift), Handbrake and it's warning light are on. Unlatch, and windows drop (so that microswitch is OK) Hood starts to go down, but stops after a few seconds. Will not then go up or down. 'Fixed' as in closed, by shorting the contacts at the control module in the fuse box. Motors etc all, fine, as the shorting the wires will fully raise and fully lower the soft top. I've had the header/ latch mechanism and microswitches to pieces and they seem to operating as they should. Any thoughts?

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Very similar to my current problem, did you ever isolate the issue?

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Probably transmission gears, maybe bad cable end's, but doubtful,. I just did my gears top works great now, Plus it's easy to do,. P.S. only use nylon gears ,..Frank

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