B body scissors tops

dyscookn · 03-07-2007, 11:59 AM

This may be the best info. yet on these tops short of the factory service manual. Enjoy:
Scissor Top Troubles
For all its mystique, the GM scissor top is a surprisingly simple assembly, ... The scissor-top mechanism on full-size GM convertibles was used, ...
www.remaker.com/caddy/scissortop.html - 24k

keith6989 · 03-07-2007, 02:45 PM

excellent site. It is finally a site worthwhile on information. Thaks for the link.

Kennybill · 03-08-2007, 04:41 AM

Hmmmmmmm, if only they were as simple as it sounds in that site's page.

There are some specialized brass bushings that wear out and the pins. Side transmissions/timeing of each side, yada, yada. When I "dragged" my Royal 88 of a hill-top in Pa. the top didn't work and someone must have tried forcing it down. I had to replace a lot of parts to get it working good before I replaced the top. Plus you have to find the spring loaded arms that go in the trunk if u put a glass window in the help "fold" the window into the well. When I "start" to put mine down I stop it half-way to make sure the rear glass window is folding flat/properly before putting the top all the way down, going up they say to "always" latch the pass-side first making sure alinement pins are right. Mine runs smooth now. I do have two extra assemblies that I have "robbed" parts off of one. Once you get them right they work good. The problems start when someone has a problem and thinks they can force them down.

Just my opinion, Ken

03-07-2007, 11:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
dyscookn Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 50	B body scissors tops This may be the best info. yet on these tops short of the factory service manual. Enjoy: Scissor Top Troubles For all its mystique, the GM scissor top is a surprisingly simple assembly, ... The scissor-top mechanism on full-size GM convertibles was used, ... www.remaker.com/caddy/scissortop.html - 24k

03-07-2007, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
keith6989 2Blue 55" Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 380	excellent site. It is finally a site worthwhile on information. Thaks for the link. __________________ Robert 1955 Oldsmobile Super 88

03-08-2007, 04:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kennybill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Youngstown, Ohio Posts: 198	Hmmmmmmm, if only they were as simple as it sounds in that site's page. There are some specialized brass bushings that wear out and the pins. Side transmissions/timeing of each side, yada, yada. When I "dragged" my Royal 88 of a hill-top in Pa. the top didn't work and someone must have tried forcing it down. I had to replace a lot of parts to get it working good before I replaced the top. Plus you have to find the spring loaded arms that go in the trunk if u put a glass window in the help "fold" the window into the well. When I "start" to put mine down I stop it half-way to make sure the rear glass window is folding flat/properly before putting the top all the way down, going up they say to "always" latch the pass-side first making sure alinement pins are right. Mine runs smooth now. I do have two extra assemblies that I have "robbed" parts off of one. Once you get them right they work good. The problems start when someone has a problem and thinks they can force them down. Just my opinion, Ken __________________ A man has to know his limitations, especially with an Oldsmobile

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