Camping season is upon us here in New England!  Another year older both the
Westy and myself and it's getting increasingly more difficult to lift the
pop top.  When we first had the van I could lift it easily, then one day
while driving we heard a "sproing", like the sound of a large spring
breaking but didn't know where it came from.  Now in retrospect,  I think it
was whatever the tensioner is (or was) on the inside of the support bracket
that lifts the top.

When I looked on my ETKA disc I found the diagram for the lift assembly but
not all the parts are still available, part illustration #23 looks like it
could be some type of spring that is wound around a shaft, inserted inside
the tubing but there is no mention of it.  I also noticed a "gas filled
strut" system illustrated but not I think that may have been for the Eurovan
campers only.

To cut to the chase, has anyone found a way to make lifting the pop to
easier once the spring died?  As usual, any help is greatly appreciated.

Wendy (& John)\
Cape Cod, MA

'85 Westfalia "S-Cape"
'98 Passat "The Doo-Dah Machine"

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