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The last few months, I have developed a creak my top, right above the B pillar. It has gotten progressively worse over time. Thought it might be the cold weather. I replaced my tape on my door striker to eliminate that noise and it continued. Well, today, it was warm, 45 so I took my freedom panels off and figured I would check the front bolts of the main part of the top that screw into the area near the B pillar. What do you know, they were loose! Tightened them down, went for a ride. No noises! I haven't had this top completely off since October, it was still warm then. Not sure if the warm/cold and expansion of the metal, along with the flex that the Jeep goes through helped loosen them up or not.

So the moral of the story is, if it's creak'n and knocking, check your bolts to make sure they haven't worked themselves loose!

sky

I will try this. Been having 'the creak' for a while now. even replaced the little foam padding pieces on the front pieces.

Thanks

wranglerdave

Ah, I will check mine, it started creaking a week ago.

BigJeschke

Thanks for the heads up. Been creaking for a while.

Rednroll

Well, there was your problem. That wasn't a creaking noise.....that was your Jeep talking to you and saying, "Please take my top off.....I love driving around topless". It pays to get the Rosetta Stone "Jeep as a second language." learning software. You could have understood every word your Jeep was saying to you and realized that was just not some ordinary creak sound. That was fluent Jeep be spoken to you.

I bet if you would have just took her top off for her, she would have shut right up.