Freedom Top Screw Question
04-10-2011, 07:24 PM
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You may want to figure out where they would go and put a grommets to let the bolts through.
While riding with my wife, my mother-in-law recently said "what is this?" and unhooked the front windshield clip.
Thank God for those bolts or we may have had a mother-in-law ejection seat!!!
While riding with my wife, my mother-in-law recently said "what is this?" and unhooked the front windshield clip.
Thank God for those bolts or we may have had a mother-in-law ejection seat!!!
anywhooo, a mother-in-law ejection seat sounds pretty useful.
04-10-2011, 07:39 PM
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I was wondering this same thing today! I drove 50 miles at speeds up to 80 mph at times and there were no issues without the screws (left them out due to laziness.) Originally I had those things screwed in as tight as I could! Idk why I did that. Later, I reinserted them as we are supposed to have bad storms. I screwed them in till snug and figured they may help the top seal better?
04-10-2011, 11:30 PM
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I (used to) take them out for summer, and put them back for winter. Now I just take off the whole top for summer and put it back on for winter. Easier that way. 
I never had any problem without the screws, from 85mph to washboard roads to car washes. And to be honest, if the front metal latch and the metal swing latches fail - I would prefer the top section just fly away instead of whipping back at 75mph, crushing the lip of the rear section beyond repair, and THEN flying away.
I never had any problem without the screws, from 85mph to washboard roads to car washes. And to be honest, if the front metal latch and the metal swing latches fail - I would prefer the top section just fly away instead of whipping back at 75mph, crushing the lip of the rear section beyond repair, and THEN flying away.
04-11-2011, 02:58 AM
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Depends on what your climate is. Ireland, I imagine, is humid and pretty stable in temperature with the ocean currents coming in on Europe as a whole. Colorado, you might want to take them off every day - but just because you have a 90*F day doesn't mean you won't have a 25*F night. In fact, if you are up in the mountains, that is a norm for well much of the year. I have seen 85*F and snow in the last week here. In winter you might, and usually do, get a week of 60*F days that drop below zero at night. That is a lot of on and off - and in that case, the screws become a pain in the ass. Just becomes and issue of if you want to take the top panels off - the screws become a barrier. It does take just a minute, but when you are doing it twice a day - it gets old fast.