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YOUR RESEARCHConvertible top problem - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

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best information i have seen concerning the tops

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It was the best information I have seen concerning the tops.

Convertible top problem - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Adjust side cables

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Does anybody know how to adjust the side cables to make them tighter?

Convertible top problem - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Leading evidence: 'best information i have seen concerning the tops' (1 discussions report identifying this cause; no attributable repair resolution). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'best information i have seen concerning the tops' (1 discussions; 1 report identifying it and 0 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Adjust side cables' (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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Suggestion · Original poster

Does anybody know how to adjust the side cables to make them tighter?

Convertible top problem - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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Adjust side cables

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Suggestion · Original poster

Does anybody know how to adjust the side cables to make them tighter?

Convertible top problem - 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.

best information i have seen concerning the tops

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Reported fixes
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Discussions that report identifying a cause
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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.

Reported cause

It was the best information I have seen concerning the tops.

Convertible top problem - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Does anybody know how to adjust the side cables to make them tighter? One of mine's not as tight as the other because it doesn't fit very deep in the channel so some air noise enters the car.

POST 2Original post

You Tube has a couple of Vid's on that..Have fun !

POST 3Original post

Check out the information on these pages. It was the best information I have seen concerning the tops. https://sites.google.com/site/mikefocke2/thetop-itsmaintaincereplacement

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