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Stainless Steel Ttops and Boating Accessories
C.E. Smith Company Greensboro, NC USA
Installation Instructions for
Model 52100 Stainless Steel Ttop
The 52100 Ttop provides a bolt together custom fit on virtually any
center console boat. Bolt together construction relieves the stresses from engine
vibration and wave shock that can crack 100% welded Ttops. Made from 316L
stainless steel, your 52100 Ttop will provide years of service with
minimum maintenance including occa
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52100 MAIN KIT includes: • Canopy Frame. • Left Upright Frame, (plugged hole for wires in front leg.) • Right Upright Frame, (plugged hole for wires in rear leg.) • Pair of front V-Brace Bars with integrated clamp ends. • V-Brace Console Castings: Front Casting & Top Casting (you will use one) • Installation Hardware Kit PARTS to be Purchased Separately from Your Dealer: • Canopy Cover (your choice of color to best compliment your boat.) • Standoffs (4 usually required, lengths to
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Required Customer Supplied Materials: 1. 3M 5200 or equivalent marine sealant to seal the holes you will drill in your deck and console. 2. A small amount of heavy grease. Fitting the Ttop to your Boat: Fitting the 52100 Ttop to your boat is an easy step by step procedure. Take time to read thru all the steps below. Become familiar with all the decisions you will be making before you get out your drill. Consider asking a friend help you make important choices. See (figu
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f. Choose the shortest standoffs you can, so the room you have to walk around your console is maximized. g. Position your standoffs as high on the console as possible. Higher mounting provides increasingly better support to the Ttop canopy. h. Be sure to leave at least 1-1/4 inches of ”hand hold grab-clearance” especially around the front upright tube near the windshield. 5. Locate your upright feet close to the console sides, on strong deck suitable to carry the stress the Ttop will
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the standoff caps and lift the top off without disturbing the bedding of the standoffs to the console. 9. As you do #7, be sure to turn all 4 swivel feet so the cap is to the outside. That way if you ever remove your Ttop for storage you can remove the caps and lift the top free of the feet without disturbing the bedding of the feet to the deck. 10. Stand well back from the boat and eye the look of your Ttop uprights taking careful note of their inward lean. About 3 degrees of inwar
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1. On some boats there is not enough room to mount the console front casting between the seat cushion and the windshield. A good solution is to use a Dremel® tool sanding drum to fashion a notch in the bottom edge of the windshield to open up some space for the casting to mount. a. To do this, put masking tape on the windshield and trace the casting onto the masking tape. Use the Dremel® tool drum sander to shape a notch in the bottom edge of the windshield. This yields a very cu
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Installing the Canopy Cover: The first step in assembling your Ttop is to lace on the Sunbrella cover (purchased separately in the color of your choice). Since you are installing a new Ttop, you will find lacing the cover is much easier if you do it on a table before mounting the canopy frame onto the uprights. Or you may choose to wait until after the Ttop is fully installed and do the lacing while standing on your boat’s gunnels. If possible, work in a clean open area as you will
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12. Put your drill in reverse. (with some downward pressure a drill in reverse will cut into gel coat, but in reverse there is no risk of the bit accidentally catching and biting into your boat deeper than you intended.) Using the long 1/4” drill bit, make center mark indentions into your deck at each Sharpie mark. 13. When all 16 hole centers have been made set the uprights to the side. a. If at this point you have chosen to thru bolt the feet: i. Use the ¼” drill bit or other
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back and tighten them more before the sealant sets up after all the screws are in place.) e. Now that you have the feet attached to the deck, re-connect the upright to the feet and turn attention up to the standoffs. i. Be aware if you pre-drill all the holes for both standoffs at one time, you may discover the alignment has changed slightly for the second standoff after you have tightened the mounting of the first standoff. You may choose to completely install each standoff in rot
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Congratulations on your new Ttop! Please, share with us your thoughts about the product and installation. marine@cesmithco.com If you e-mail in photos of your boat and new Ttop we will add you on our website. Thanks for choosing ! 10
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top mount V-brace side view showing front mount V-brace and a narrow console possible standoff and wide console locations figure 1. Top Mount Front Mount V-brace mount: Front if you land your V-brace in front of the windshield on the front of the console. Top if you choose to land your V-brace behind your windshield on top of your console. figure 2. 5 ¼” 3 ¾” 3 ¼”
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Canopy Cover Tie Locations: Working on your boat or on a work table center your canopy cover on the frame using the 8 ties provided as shown. figure # 4 Canopy Lacing and Knotting: Lace only one grommet at the time pulling all cord thru before lacing the next grommet. figure # 5 12
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Completed Canopy Lacing and Knotting: When finished your lacing and knotting should look like this. figure # 6 13
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C.E. Smith Company Limited Warranty C.E. Smith Company, Inc., (SMITH) warrants all stainless steel components of this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years, One (1) year for the Sunbrella® canopy, from the date of original purchase when properly installed, used and maintained. This warranty does not apply to damage or loss caused by any or all of the following circumstances or conditions: • Damage caused during installation. • Misapplic
