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Ok, I've had the fix done last year and have noticed a great improvement in the creaky top syndrome I was experiencing. However, here's what's going on now ... after being parked in the sun for awhile (not that we've seen too much of the sun this year), for the first few miles of driving it sounds like I have a gremlin sitting on the roof (think Twilight zone) hammering away on it with a ball peen hammer. After a few miles, it goes away. Thoughts?
I have a 2014 with 5K miles on it and took it to a dealer for the pin replacement job. Got the car back but no better. Looked at the new top pins and they were the same dark grey as the old ones? I thought the new replacement pins were white Teflon. The dealer also removed the tapered rubber washers from the pins saying that the new pins did not use the washers?
Does anyone have a similar experience with the top pin replacement procedure?
Ok, I've had the fix done last year and have noticed a great improvement in the creaky top syndrome I was experiencing. However, here's what's going on now ... after being parked in the sun for awhile (not that we've seen too much of the sun this year), for the first few miles of driving it sounds like I have a gremlin sitting on the roof (think Twilight zone) hammering away on it with a ball peen hammer. After a few miles, it goes away. Thoughts?
!st check the gap between the hook and loop on rear latch ( should only be about 3/8 " otherwise the hook needs to be turned 1-2 times to reduce that gap !!! If it still creaks ( have someone with when driving car stick their fingers on each side of the rear and front pins to see if that silences that problem and do what I did was to add washers of some type ( foam or rubber about the the size of a quarter !!! Eventually I even added half rubber washers and wedge them between the other washers !!! By the way I already did the so call roof kit done by the dealer --grease ---" O " rings ,etc !!! Wayne