Someone threw it away????
I just (finally) polished off the install on my paki top. Only took me a few years. I was waiting to paint the bows and such before I finalized all the fit and grommets, goes to show how much I have actually driven my 40.
As for the grommets, the tool looks neat, but I ended up just marking the holes and then doing a small hole dead center. Then I lined up the oval grommet on it and used a hole punch the same diameter on each end of the oval and trimmed out the figure "8" remains in the center. The four prongs were pressed into the material and then I quickly did a plunge slit with a utility knife for each one where they marked. Folded the prongs over and compressed them with some large waterpump pliers. The whole operation went very well. I used a 4x4 post about as tall as the lip of the tub for hammering on and punching the holes.
A simple hole punch can be sharpened up from a small piece of pipe, bullet casing, or buy a set for a few bucks at the bargain tool bin, they come in handy for making gaskets too.
My top was vinyl, so perhaps easier or harder to do than canvas, I don't know.
I also did tarp grommets on the front corners and crimped them in with the tool you get when you buy a tarp grommet kit. They seemed to work well and I put them as far out on the leading corner as I could. I also got the recessed style metric bolt extra long. That way I could put it through the door bow and windshield frame and tighten it down with one nylock nut, and then slipped the grommet over and used a second nylock nut and washer on the vinyl. It seem to reduce the stretch of the material it takes to bolt it down solid to the metal as my corners are pretty tight too. While cruising around before without the bolt in, the front right corner rope came out of the slot after some highway driving and headwinds. Seems the bolts are needed to keep it in.
I just (finally) polished off the install on my paki top. Only took me a few years. I was waiting to paint the bows and such before I finalized all the fit and grommets, goes to show how much I have actually driven my 40.
As for the grommets, the tool looks neat, but I ended up just marking the holes and then doing a small hole dead center. Then I lined up the oval grommet on it and used a hole punch the same diameter on each end of the oval and trimmed out the figure "8" remains in the center. The four prongs were pressed into the material and then I quickly did a plunge slit with a utility knife for each one where they marked. Folded the prongs over and compressed them with some large waterpump pliers. The whole operation went very well. I used a 4x4 post about as tall as the lip of the tub for hammering on and punching the holes.
A simple hole punch can be sharpened up from a small piece of pipe, bullet casing, or buy a set for a few bucks at the bargain tool bin, they come in handy for making gaskets too.
My top was vinyl, so perhaps easier or harder to do than canvas, I don't know.
I also did tarp grommets on the front corners and crimped them in with the tool you get when you buy a tarp grommet kit. They seemed to work well and I put them as far out on the leading corner as I could. I also got the recessed style metric bolt extra long. That way I could put it through the door bow and windshield frame and tighten it down with one nylock nut, and then slipped the grommet over and used a second nylock nut and washer on the vinyl. It seem to reduce the stretch of the material it takes to bolt it down solid to the metal as my corners are pretty tight too. While cruising around before without the bolt in, the front right corner rope came out of the slot after some highway driving and headwinds. Seems the bolts are needed to keep it in.
