Recently i've developed some sort of phantom squeek from where the hardtop latches to the striker near the windshield. This is mostly on the passenger side, but occasionally on the drivers side. It's a very sharp/short high pitched squeek that only occurs when the car is jarred or i'm driving over a bump or something. It's basically driving me insane at this point. I've tried lubing the **** out of the latch, and that didn't seem to do anything. Is there anything else I can do other then more lube? Maybe some sort of tightening or adjustment? I'm ready to resort to taking it to the dealership at this point.

 

theres a gap between the plastic things on the sides...put some sort of spacer in there. thats the rattle.

 

if the lube didn't work.. then just tighten it..

 

try to readjust the top...if its a squeek then it should be the rubber pieces...but a rattle and a squeek are two different things.

 

open the front latches and re tighten the philips screws that hold it to the top. i had a spacer get loose once because the bolt was coming out. lock tight and a screw driver fixed that.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Francesco &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">open the front latches and re tighten the philips screws that hold it to the top. i had a spacer get loose once because the bolt was coming out. lock tight and a screw driver fixed that.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'll give this a try right now


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LAS2K &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">theres a gap between the plastic things on the sides...put some sort of spacer in there. thats the rattle. </TD></TR></TABLE>

huh?