well..are your latches locked when you let it down...they should be people do it all the time. its a 9 hour job if you havent replaced one before...well flat rate it pays 9 under warranty and about 13 for customer pay...thats if you go to a dealer and most wont do them. ours does and the labor rate is 95 and hour I think so its expensive no matter...but if you buy a new top i might be able to hook you up let me know