Reply to "Speedster top latches"

DannyP

I just did this on my Spyder, using a Beck top and latches. Beck uses the same windshield header for both Speedster and Spyder tops. The latches are exactly as in Wolfgang's picture. Placement MUST be accurate. I put them on EXACTLY the same on both sides and one was very tight.

I ended up grinding the inside of the square-holed tang to make it just tight enough to latch firmly. The other side was spot-on perfect. Beck sells thin nuts which I used inside the window frame and ground down any protruding threads on the bolts. This all fits fine without touching the glass, and squishes the rubber only a little.

The window frame on a Spyder is the same aluminum one as a Speedster, and I believe it is too thin to reliably support threads, hence the thin nuts inside.

The Beck top header is dimpled where the latches go, simply drill through and tap, there is a steel insert in the fiberglass.

2/22/209:12 AM

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