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Mine creaks and I tightened it down and it still sounds like my knees. I’m going home to try the other suggestions
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I am going to grab my silicone spray on lunch break and see what happens - maybe some of the Adams stuff after that.
 

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Try tightening the two bolts at the front of the hard top. Fixed the problem for me. Never sure how hard to torque them when reinstalling the hard top.
 

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Mine was creaking too and driving me crazy. I decided to do a once over again in all the bolts (including the 2 under the freedom top). Turns out they all needed to be snugged up - even though i had done a good job on them when i put the top back on a couple of weeks ago.

I am back to a quiet top!
 

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My creaking doesn't come from the two front panels. My creak is from the hard top.
ANY suggestions please. I loosened and resecured each bolt, no luck.
 

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I am in the same boat as Muskienut. I tightened them all down and still have the incessant rattle
 
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My creaking doesn't come from the two front panels. My creak is from the hard top.
ANY suggestions please. I loosened and resecured each bolt, no luck.
Hello, Have you found a fix as of yet?
Any help would be great, Its driving me crazy!

Thanks
 

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Updates? Fixes? Other recommendations?
 

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I know at least one other person already mentioned this and it reminded me that I needed to grease the gasket at the rear glass. The noise was driving me crazy but glad it was an easy fix. This is the 3rd time I’ve had to do this since getting the Jeep in June 2018.
Forgive the poor production quality but hopefully this 3 minute fix helps someone else.

 

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Month old JLURD. Removed the hard top for a couple of weeks and reinstalled it days ago, Used a impact driver to reinstall the bolts. Lots of noises/creaking around the freedom top area. Going to remove and re-install all of it, maybe using a ratchet instead. Will report back.
 

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In my case, it seems to be related to the Spiderwebshade and the bungees coming into contact with some of the roof contact areas.
 

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never impact the bolts on the hard top. they only get tightened to like 20 in lbs. i get alot of creaking due to my rack and 135lb roof top tent. but thats to be expected with that much weight just sitting there all the time
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