It is easy if you have not done it yet.

You need a #40, and a #30 torx bit.

After removing the front panels of the freedom top:

1. Disconnect the connector for the rear wiper/washer
2. Use #40 Torx to remove the 6 bolts securing the top.
3. Use #30 Torx to remove the two screws holding the soft top arms.
4. Lift off the hard top (you will need two people). Most of the weight is at the rear.
5. Remove the soft top.
6. Reverse the process.
7. Done.

My soft top was stil in its original position from the factory taking up needed storage space.

 

8 bolts on the 4 door. 3 on each side in the back and 1 on each side up front on top.

I put the bolts for the soft top right back into the threads of the soft top after removal to prevent loss. The manual says to remove the brackets on the rollbar, but I left them as they don't get in the way and they give me something to tie a rope or bungie to.

 

Probably a good idea, I have been kicking mine around the garage in a zip lock bag. When I need them, I won't be able to find them.

 

I'm still finding parts from my F150 I sold 5 years ago.

 

I don't have the help to do this, and am wondering... if I unbolt the hardtop and remove the T30 bolts for the soft-top, would I be able to stand in the cargo area, then lift the top up on my shoulders while my wife pulled the soft top out from underneath? Is it that easy? Or not??

Tom
Bryson City, NC

 

Yes that would work. I bet you could prop a couple of 2 x 4's, one in each corner standing on end and you wouldn't even need your wife. Or pull under some support and throw a strap or rope around it and pull it up. I have basically a hook in each corner and put my top on and off myself.

 

I undid the T30 bolts on the soft top one day not realizing the HT had to come off first BEFORE one could remove the soft top. The freakin' soft top is really jammed in place. I reefed on it and it wasn't moving. So I told my wife we'd wage war on it when we took the HT off. I was surprised. I bet it'll pop off when the HT is removed.

 

where exactly is the screws that need to be removed from the BPiller ?

 

When you take the panels off, you will see that the back section curves around and ends at the B pillar. There is a screw almost at the very end of the curve.

For the record, if those screws are not in, you can get some pretty loud sqeaks from that area.

 

Did anyone else receive a letter in the mail from DC about the hard top removal? They sent me a quick reference card for removing and installing the hard top. I appreciate the effort, but I've had the Jeep for 6 months now. Must take a while for me to get through the system that I'm an owner now. I wonder if I'll start seeing an influx of mail like this.