Cadillac 60 Series 1963 Shop Manual page 552

BODY
16-83
e. Check top assembly for proper stack height
and proper alignment of side roof rails over door
and quarter windows. Where required, adjust
control link adjusting plate as previously de-
scribed.
designed to hold the top material tight against the
side roof rail stay pads, thus minimizing air
leakage between the top material and the stay
pads.
NOTE: If top cannot be fully raised or
lowered, even after control link plate has been
adjusted, readjust male hinge assembly as re-
quired. Check top for proper operation.
2. If side roof rail is too high or too low at rear
quarter window area, proceed as follows:
a. Mark location of male hinge attaching bolt
washers and control link on folding top compart-
ment brace.
b. Loosen male hinge assembly attaching bolts,
Fig. 16-92.
c. Without changing fore and aft location of male
hinge, adjust male hinge up or down as required to
obtain proper alignment between side roof rails
and rear quarter windows.
IMPORTANT: Entire male hinge assembly
must be adjusted straight upward or downward
at a 90° angle to horizontal line of male hinge
attachment. (Use mark at washers as guide).
Do not allow male hinge to rotate as rotation
may cause damage to lift cylinder by allowing
piston to bottom or rod to bend after top has
been operated.
d. Tighten attaching bolts, while maintaining
proper alignment of vertical scribe marks.
e. Check fit of top material at rear quarter trim
stick area and, if necessary, adjust trim stick.
If adjustment is not necessary, tighten trim stick
attaching bolts.
f. Check top assembly for proper stack height
and proper alignment of side roof rails over door
and quarter windows. Where required, adjust
control link adjusting plate as previously de-
scribed.
NOTE: If top cannot be fully raised or
lowered, even after control link plate has been
adjusted, readjust male hinge assembly as re-
quired. Check top for proper operation.
87. Folding Top and Back Curtain Trim
Assembly, Removal and Installation
1963 convertible top trim cover assemblies
incorporate a top material hold-down cable along
the right and left side roof rails. The cables are
installed through a retaining pocket in the top
material and are fastened at the front and rear
side rails by attaching screws. The cables are
a. Removal
1. Place protective covers on all exposed panels
which may be contacted during procedure.
2. Remove following trim and hardware items:
a. Rear seat cushion and back. Be sure to
disconnect: rear seat speaker wire if present.
b. Folding top compartment side trim panel
assemblies.
c. Side roof rail rear weatherstrip; then loosen
folding top quarter flaps from rails.
3. At the front of body, raise front roof rail,
remove retainers and front weatherstrips, detach
top material from front roof rail, Fig. 16-93.
4. Loosen front end of each side roof rail front
weatherstrip sufficiently to detach top material
flaps which are nailed and cemented to rails.
5. At right and left side roof front and rear
rails, remove hold-down cable front and rear
attaching screws. See views A and B in Fig. 16-94.
6. At each side roof rear rail pull hold-down
cable rearward until cable is completely removed
from top material retaining pocket.
TRIMSTICK
RETAINER SCREW
TOP MATERIAL
TOP SEALER
FRONT ROOF RAIL
REAR WEATHERSTRIP
METAL RETAINER
FRONT WEATHERSTRIP
Fig,, 16-93 Front Roof Rail Weatherstrips