Hard Top Squeaking?

[inn8ive]

Dish soap. Who'da thought? Tried it today and worked like a charm. It fixed that annoying squeaky sound that's been bugging me ever since putting the 35" tires on. Cheers to those in this thread who figured out a free fix! Thank you!

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[Swave1]

Yep,,, Dish soap worked.. Thanks

 

[paffemt]

Did you lift the roof off to apply directly to the seal surface?

 

[Swave1]

Did you lift the roof off to apply directly to the seal surface?

no need. I just put a light coating along the rubber gasket seal at the bottom of my rear window

 

[paffemt]

no need. I just put a light coating along the rubber gasket seal at the bottom of my rear window

Oh ok. I thought you were talking about the seal between the roof and the jeep on the sides.

 

[Woodynj]

Oh man. This is an exciting post. I can’t wait to try this. The squeaking has been driving me crazy!! Love this forum

 

[ClevelandWhat]

This has been driving me crazy for the last 3 months I thought I was going crazy and just accepted it as a Jeep thing. When I stumbled upon this today I thought there’s no way in hell this will work but what do I have to lose? Grabbed my strawberry Ajax dish soap off the kitchen counter lubed up the seals on the tailgate and rear window and took it for a test drive.... I cannot believe this actually worked, no more squeak or creak. I thought the noise was coming from the plastic around the roll bar but boy was I wrong. Hats off to whoever figured this out.

 

[AnnDee4444]

Another option I didn't see mentioned here is ShinEtsu Grease: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/09/26/hondas-secret-weapon-squeaks-door-leaks-shin-etsu

 

[Marlon_JB2]

I love this forum. Yet another issue answered before I even have a chance to ask about it.

 

[dpike]

Another option I didn't see mentioned here is ShinEtsu Grease: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/09/26/hondas-secret-weapon-squeaks-door-leaks-shin-etsu

got some noise going on. i'm going to try this stuff.

 

[BrntWS6]

This was happening on my hard top. Just cleaning the gaskets with a silicone spray did not help. I ended up putting a very thin layer of grease on all the freedom panel gaskets. Then a thin layer on the panel alignment pins. Went for a drive and it's completely quiet now.

 

[Dudley Dawson]

Another solution that worked well for me was applying a thin strip of 3M anti-squeak tape along the lip of the tailgate. See this thread for more info: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/rear-glass-panel-noise.12595/post-669429

 

[hoag4147]

Another solution that worked well for me was applying a thin strip of 3M anti-squeak tape along the lip of the tailgate. See this thread for more info: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/rear-glass-panel-noise.12595/post-669429

^^^this. Exactly what I did and worked great.

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