Help! Concertina roof cover totally stuck!

[Pattacat]

We are parked up ready to set up but the roof cover is totally stuck. Will only open a couple of inches. Any ideas welcome please!

 

[Pattacat]

I posted this in the problem section too but probably only applies to beaches as no electric roof to help. Our concertina cover is totally jammed and we can’t get to the roof clips to open it and free up whatever it’s stuck on. Any ideas please! Thanks

 

[Shuftie]

All safety catches off, the roof clips fully disengaged? Should just need a good shove to get it moving.

 

[Pattacat]

All safety catches off, the roof clips fully disengaged? Should just need a good shove to get it moving.

It’s stuck shut. We can’t get to open the roof!

 

[Shuftie]

Ah, gotcha. Sometimes the safety clips get caught in the slider as I’m closing it, maybe that’s what is stopping yours?

 

[westfalia]

Do you mean the sliding hatch?

 

[ArunAlec]

Think you need to clarify exactly what’s stuck.....

Concertina roof stick - Help!

I posted this in the problem section too but probably only applies to beaches as no electric roof to help. Our concertina cover is totally jammed and we can’t get to the roof clips to open it and free up whatever it’s stuck on. Any ideas please! Thanks

vwcaliforniaclub.com

Are you talking about the sliding hatch? Or the lifting roof (pop top)?

 

[Rich20]

I am guessing that you have got the fabric of the bellows caught in the groove that the sliding covers moves along or the safety clips are jamming it. I would give it a good heave forwards and back to try and free it. There is no other way to remove it as far as I know.

 

[jts46]

@Pattacat Has this been sorted, feedback would be good??????????

 

[Pattacat]

@Pattacat Has this been sorted, feedback would be good??????????

User error as normal. All sorted but help very much appreciated as always. Thank you

 

[jts46]

User error as normal. All sorted but help very much appreciated as always. Thank you

What was the problem?

 

[MattBW]

I had my bellows trapped in the slide track recently, managed to tear my bellows All fixed with Tear Aide though that @hotel california gave me last year

 

[Pattacat]

I really don’t know... went back and tried again and it was fine!

 

[Rich20]

I really don’t know... went back and tried again and it was fine!

Glad you got it sorted.

 

[Keith Smith]

Mine got stuck a few weeks back, I think the new zip out front adds a lot of bulk to the space. This is one time the electric roof came good. I just popped the roof up a couple of inches and it released itself from whatever was catching it. Been ok since.

 

[jamessclarke]

I have had the hatch cover well jammed by the fabric loop handle in the centre going back into the box which the hatch cover rests in when open. Only released by 30 min of jiggling the cover back and forward. Now I wind the fabric loop handle round the metal handle on the roof- no problem since.

 

[Tom Rae]

I had similar in the past in our T5 and I found one of the slats had moved slightly and was jamming?

Tom

 

[viking]

I had similar in the past in our T5 and I found one of the slats had moved slightly and was jamming?

Tom

My slider used to jam/stick really hard when opening and closing and I could see scored scratches in the runners. Decided to liberally spray with silicone spray you wouldn’t believe how easily it opens and closes now.

 

[simon nikki]

We are parked up ready to set up but the roof cover is totally stuck. Will only open a couple of inches. Any ideas welcome please!

How did you get it to open , ours has got stuck today

 

[Pattacat]

Brute force and ignorance... after 2 hours of being gentle my husband lost patience and thumped it. Loosened the grip the lockdown clips had on it and all was well.....

Ps. Good luck!

 

[simon nikki]

Brute force and ignorance... after 2 hours of being gentle my husband lost patience and thumped it. Loosened the grip the lockdown clips had on it and all was well.....

Ps. Good luck!

Ok thanks , will give it ago tomorrow, just didn’t want to force it too much and break it , but will try a bit more force

 

[Not-tonyadventures]

My problem was that it was stuck in the open position. Could not close it so had bellows resting on my head as I drive off. Any ideas what might be making it stick? It would not slide even with bellows open.

 

[dspuk]

My problem was that it was stuck in the open position. Could not close it so had bellows resting on my head as I drive off. Any ideas what might be making it stick? It would not slide even with bellows open.

Mine stuck open when I got it because the unit had come off the rail and slid under. Lift the mattress up and have a fettle.

 

[Hawthorn37]

There is an end stop on each sliding rail - just a little bolt. As they are in the end of the plastic runner it’s easy to break them by pushing the cover back too far / too hard. Lift up the mattress and you’ll see them. I suspect that one or both are broken and jamming the hatch cover.

 

[Not-tonyadventures]

There is an end stop on each sliding rail - just a little bolt. As they are in the end of the plastic runner it’s easy to break them by pushing the cover back too far / too hard. Lift up the mattress and you’ll see them. I suspect that one or both are broken and jamming the hatch cover.

Thank you. I will have a look.