Thanks for the post. mmm I had the issue with the jamming on both left and right drain boxes independently of each other. Did manage with the gentle use of levers to work past it and tack band did drop into place but still not quite lined up. Your post has given me food for thought. Managed to get a bolt in on offside but the long centre bolt are just not quite there they engage with the holes but will not quite screw in. . I think the butyl seal strip is pushing it off. I think once I can get a few bolts in to compress the strip, things might get a little easier. Still, WIP.
The bolt hole in the dead center of the tack bow is the only round one. You need to get a screw in there. But not tight. Just get it in a few turns so you know the bow is centered.
That middle bolt hole I couldn't figure it out. Lifted the bow and lowered it but just couldn't find the hole. After a cuppa and a head scratch I climbed back in and reached along behind the seat over to the left side and could feel that the tack bow was well up against the sealing frame where it should be. Reached over to the right side and felt there was a huge gap behind the tack bow. I could get my fingers behind it. Can't see anything with the roof in the way. Just felt it so knew the bow wasn't in the drain box properly. Bit of fiddling and it eventually went in.
That one round screw hole in the middle is first. Get that one inba few turns before any others. Put the rest of the screws in working from the center out. Not tight. Just a few turns.
That's as much as I did with the screws. I then started pulling the roof over the frame and deciding how much flap to pull over the front.
I left the back screws just half in so that the butyl wasn't fully squashed so I could get that back bow back out again if I really really needed to.
That's basically where I am now. I'm confident the front is in the right place so today I'll tighten up the tackbow. Hoping for a warm day so the butyl squashes down nice.
Just been outside. Not much sun but roof feels nice and warm.
Not fully closed yet. Still have some work to do around the sides. You can see in the photo that the front corners aren't fully tensioned yet. Once I have the side flaps fixed I'll close the roof and let it sit for a week in the sun. If we get any sun
Another thing I wanted to mention is the rear roof bow. The one above the back window. When you get to the stage of putting some tension into the material make sure that back roof bow is directly under the stitched seam. It really wants to set itself just behind the stitching. I was concentrating on the front and never noticed where that bow was. I left it over night with the bow behind the seam and this morning that panel just above the window had a nasty ugly lump. Once I folded the roof back and got the bow in the right place and a bit of heat I pulled that lump back out and it looks good now.
