StreetRoc85 350

how do you take apart the t-tops? i saw the screws in the plastic by the release handle but i took it off and got nowhere. the reason i ask is because i got a new rain deflector (piece of rubber that goes along outer edge just above the window, i dont know what its really called) and i need to put it in. any ideas? help me out here, i really dont want to use my universal disassembly tool. (a.k.a.- hammer)

d_johnsen

im not sure, but doesnt the handle also have a screw on it?

StreetRoc85 350

yeah, but it only takes off the handle. i need the whole thing apart

d_johnsen

and i think to take the rest of the plastic off, the handle has to be off as well

StreetRoc85 350

yeah but mine didnt seem to budge. maybe theres a screw im missing.

BIGJsTA

are you talking about taking the glass off the metal/plastic/whatever-it-is ? I do believe the glass is glued on.

WaynesIroc

First you must take off the handle. Then there are three screws on the underside of the trim piece. Here is a section from the replacing T-top weatherstripping article to explain more clearly:

Now, here's a section on how to do the tops themselves. Remove the plastic cover and then pull out the old stripping. You can literally remove the stripping with your hand. My type of T-tops has them in tracks like on the car itself. You can even remove the track (3 screws if I remember correctly) and the wind breaker which rests below it. The wind breaker as I call it is the section that you can see outside your car. It is a little flap that aims down and often comes loose towards the front - making a lot of noise as if flaps in the wind while you drive!. On many of our cars this part is a rubber compound or flimsy plastic. When I ordered this part from Chevy I might have gotten the wrong part but this is what happened. I got a part that, upon measuring, fit perfectly with our tops and windows. It is a hard black plastic that does not reach so far out from the top. The big problem was that the back side had two big plastic things the size of my thumb sticking out. There was absolutely no way or spot for these to work with our T-tops so I just sheared the things off. They fit in place very easily and I just popped the screws from the track through the proper spots and it worked. Just be careful to line it up correctly.

This "mistaken" part is actually a very nice piece on our car. It fits it original spot and actually clears the windows PERFECTLY - no contact, ever. Its a hard plastic that will never sag or flop in the wind, and it is easy to keep looking good with any generic plastic/vinyl renewer. A blessed mistake indeed!

okfoz

I do believe the metal piece is bonded on the glass (as mentioned above)

d_johnsen

they are wanting to know how to remove the plastic trim peice that is on the t-tops, the part that u see on one side of the tops

deadbird

Don't know if this helps any but, here...

http://www.deadbird.org/z/ttopawning.gif

StreetRoc85 350

ok thanks guys. let me go out and wrestle with it some more and ill get back to you.

StreetRoc85 350

ah i see what i was doing now. there is a piece of metal that needs to be bent up to get to the 4 screws that hold it together. bent it up got the screws and changed both tops in no time. looks great now. plus like Waynesiroc said, its hard plastic, not rubber. looks great and should last forever.

and no i didnt have to ever lay a hand on my hammer...