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12-30-2003, 12:52 PM
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Pop-a-top!!!!!!!
 What is the best way to remove the top? P.S. whithout breakage........   
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12-30-2003, 12:59 PM
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unbolt it slide 2 2x4s under it bolt it to the 2x4 and have four people take it off. I usually just do it with two people and slide iti off the backe though. Make sure you have the tailgate open and watch bending the tailgate seal bracket.
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12-30-2003, 03:05 PM
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I unbolt it and slide a 2X6 under bothe the front and rear. Tie a good quality rope (I use 550 cord) around each end of the 2X6 and thread thru a truss/hook/pulley attached to the garage ceiling. lift up on the top and pull down on the rope, securing the other end to the 2X6 also. Work your way around the 4 corners, doing a little at a time.
Hope this makes sense! a picture would be worth 1000 words here. Paul
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12-30-2003, 04:34 PM
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I think this link has the pictures for what Paul72 was describing.
http://coloradok5.com/topstorage.shtml
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The 2x4/2x6 is the right idea though.
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12-31-2003, 12:17 PM
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 many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
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01-06-2004, 12:40 PM
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Re: Pop-a-top!!!!!!!
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Ohhh Iwas going to make a smart comment after seeing a Jeep hard top all over I 75 this weekend but you wanted to use it again.  2x4's dont work if you have a full cage. I have a retaining wall next to my house that's bed level. I wad up a packing blanket under the front of the roof so I can lift it from the back and slide it on the roll cage. Then I get under it and walk it off the truck on my back to waiting cinderblocks. Bunch of wimps that can't get a LIGHTER 69-72 off by yourself when I do a 75 top a couple times a year.  If my truck fit in my garage I would rig a U shaped bracket to hook the sides of the top to lift it from. 
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01-06-2004, 12:44 PM
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1985 top is lighter?
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I know a 73-75 is heavier then a 69-72 single wall. Might be about the same as a double wall because of the flip up tail gate.
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01-08-2004, 08:35 AM
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help
it was alot of work but worth it. i welded a 6' x 6' steel angle frame ran cable down to 2 x 8 boards with quick release ends [ like the ones climbers use ] and a electric winch to pull it to the ceiling. tied it up secure just in case.
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01-08-2004, 08:35 AM
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sorry
can't attach pics???????
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01-08-2004, 01:18 PM
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Thanks Everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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