In a desperate attempt to stop the latch on the pop top from rattling upon hitting every road irregularity-I came up with this conclusion-----the holes in the male portion of the latch have been ovaled out, causing the top to not draw up tight to the roof, or I guess the luggage rack. I thought of adding some 1/4' rubber adhesive backed gasket type material, but this solution would be short lived, as the rubber would eventually squish down and the rattle would be back---- So her's what I did---- I removed the female portion of the latch, and welded the top portion of the hole closed--took my die grinder, and smoothed out the weld, and now the pin's of the latch catch the hole in a lower position, keeping the top pulled tighter to the roof--- Eureka!!!---No more rattling---- There is zero vertical adjustment for the latch --and as far as I could see this was the only way to resolve this irritating as all hell constant rattle---- Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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