Pop-Top Seal Replacement

Yesterday I replaced the pop-top seal with the part below from GoWesty.com.  The gasket part of the seal had started to separate in several locations from the channel the held it to the top.   

http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23360 

I raised the top high enough to place a 12" long piece of 6x6 on its side underneath the front lip of the top to keep it from closing but open enough to remove the old seal.  The old seal had been adhered to the top with a substance that seemed like a type of weatherstrip adhesive.    It took me about an hour on a short step ladder and a lot of rags and mineral spirits to remove the adhesive.  The new seal did not require any adhesive and was easy to install.   I started at the middle of the rear end of the top and found that a light wipe of mineral spirits made pushing the seal on to the top much easier as I moved around the top.    The seal had about 12" of extra length that need ed to be carefully trimmed to ensure a good join with the starting point.

I adjusted the top by loosening the nut at the top of the conical "pin" on the pop-top side of the latch mechanism and turning the pin clockwise until the top was tight. 

The procedure got rid of a few rattles and  some wind noise that I was hearing at highway speeds.