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996 Cabriolet broken

Mertian

Mertian

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Hi everyone

One of the tensioning cables on my 2000 MY 996 Cabriolet has snapped. It's one of the cables that run down the length of the soft top, along and over the side windows (one on each side). Now that the cable has snapped the roof is rucking up towards the rear of the near side window and not sitting in the channel as it would normally.

Has anyone else had a problem like this? Is it repairable? If so, any idea of likely costs?

Thanks in advance

Martin
 
I believe it is a fairly common problem, and yes, it is reparable with a new cable. According to the manual you have to take off the top covering (book time is 1.6 hours) and the cables are £48+VAT each. The top mechanism should be recalibrated after replacement, using a Porsche tester.
 
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