Procedure

1. Open the hardtop and leave the tonneau open fully.

2. Hold down one flipper door at a time and inspect the flipper door spring closely. Look for small tooling marks on the hooked side of the spring near the coil.

^ If the spring(s) have no tooling marks, no further action is necessary. Carefully let the flipper doors go back into position and close the tonneau.

^ If the spring(s) have the tooling mark, carefully let the flipper doors go back into position then proceed with step 3.





3. With small needle-nose pliers, remove the vinyl cover from the end of the flipper door spring.

4. Remove the E-clip from the flipper door pivot pin.

5. Grasp the flipper door assembly and slide out the pivot pin.

CAUTION
Be careful. The spring is under tension.

6. While grasping the flipper door assembly, use a rotating action and work the spring free from the bracket.

7. Remove the spring and replace with the new spring, part number RE2826CXX (right side) and RE2827CXX (left side).

8. Work the spring back into the bracket, again using the rotating action. Position the flipper door into the bracket then insert the pivot pin.

9. Reinstall the E-clip onto the pivot pin.

10. Repeat steps 2 through 9 for the other side of the vehicle.

11. Cycle the hardtop to make sure the flipper doors operate properly.