[T2] Pop top leg stuck in extended position

[david raistrick]

bob - no direct clues from my end, but it might help to narrow it down to
which of the 3 poptops (assuming westy and not 3rd party) we're talking
about.  what year is your bus, and what camper make? :)


On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 2:31 PM Robert Lessard <rlessard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> One of my pop top extension tubes refused to recompress. It got jammed half
> way down. I had to remove the lower foot from where it attaches to the
> frame to get the top to lower. Now the leg is fully extended (like a leg
> with a knee that won't bend). Is this fixable?
>
> I notice that there is a spring in there that seems to attach to a cable.
> It seems possible that something snapped and the spring is no longer doing
> its job. Since things are potentially under load, I don't want to mess with
> it without some information. There is nothing written about this that I can
> find.
>
> thanks in advance
> Bob
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