Balancing and attaching the frame
TEST YOUR INSTALL WITH WEIGHT AND INSPECT BEFORE CONTINUING!
If you have not done so put your safety stop loosely in place before this step.
With your frame assembled (see Fig. 1-4) lay it on the floor directly below the cables with the top of the “T”
shape of the frame facing your garage door. If you have not done so yet let yourself out slack so we can
thread the cables through the appropriate holes. (Fig. f )Insert the thimbles on the rear most hole on the
lifting blade The rear cable threads through the last hole on the lifting blade. The front cable goes on the tab
on the top of the “T”.
Thimble
Lifting blade
Thimble
Tab
Fig. f
As shown in Fig. g wrap the cable through the hole and thimble, install cable clamps loosley at first, in order
to balance the frame. With the frame flat/level on the floor pull the cable taut and tighten the cable clamps
in the order shown in figure g. Be careful to not over tighten these as they will strip. If they do become
stripped or are suspect do not use them, they can be inexpensively obtained at any hardware store. Inspect
these and all hardware before each use.
Fig.
Fig. h
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Now that we have our frame preliminarily balanced, it also needs to be balanced on our hardtop. If this is the
first time removing your hardtop, head to our video instruction page and click on the video removing your
hardtop. Put your Hoist A Top frame on the hardtop of your Jeep, slide the rear hook between the glass of
your window and the hard top and turn so it grapples top. Make sure it is exactly centered so that your top
doesn’t lean to the right or left. The rear hook for the JK is equiped with a window placement lever that is
magnetized on the top. IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE UP POSITION MAGNETIZED TO THE STEEL FRAME T
WHEN MANIPULATING THE BACK WINDOW. The two J hooks in the front should grapple underneath the
hard top just before the corner where the window goes. Make sure that all the torque bolts in the top,
latches, windshield fluid tube, and wiring harnesses are disconnected before lifting. Have the hardtop in the
configuration that you plan to store it in. Usually customers like to have the rear window closed with the roof
panels on the frame. The foam supports are designed to have the white part of the freedom top pieces
