Had a leak at rear wheel. With info provided on this forum by Gus and Steve.c3h8, I was able to remove the back seat and interior, to access the two leaky rams. Sent them to Tophydraulics for rebuild. Turn around time was quick,they answered my questions and were courtious. Over all the job was pretty easy. I did however put a small gough on the side of the front seat, and also, after installing the rebuilt rams, I saw that the rams portal connections were pointing north and south, and that the top ones had to be turned 90 degrees to line up with the hose from the pump. In addition, when I tried to lower the top the first time, tho I filled the resourvoir, their was still too much air in the line and the top just collasped into the rear. I was lucky the rear window didn't break. It took about 5 ups and downs,and adding fluid to bring it up to the full area of the resourvoir. Now I'm hoping, with the pressure relief valve, that the latch hose won't leak for a long time yet......Mick

 

Can I ask how much they cost to rebuild? Thanks.

 

Thanks for the report, I believe you are the guinea pig for the forum. :-)

Moonpetal it's $150 for a cylinder, you can find the info on the tophydraulics site.

 

Thanks. Both of mine went out. We ended up buying a used one for $150 and a new one for $300. I live in Georgia and I put my top up and down quite a bit. We were told on this forum that you couldn't rebuild them so when I saw your post...I had to ask. Thanks again.