Clunk Clunk from hard top panels

[Mlarv]

I am trying to figure out a problem I have with my hard top panels. I have a 2 door. The seem between the driver and passenger side clunks when I go over bumps. I can push up on the drivers side and it will stop. I brought it into my dealer, and they it was because I have after market rings in the handles causing the top to be loose. I replaced them with the OEM ones and the handles are just as loose. I am thinking of putting another piece of thin weather strip in-between them. Any other ideas?

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[Warhorn]

I had a sound, unsure if I would call it a "clunk", that I solved earlier this week. I found it by undoing one of the latches while driving and it went away. I put some lubricant on the latch point and it went away. Seems like the latch was rubbing on the latch point and making noise over every bump.

 

[Rydfree]

I am trying to figure out a problem I have with my hard top panels. I have a 2 door. The seem between the driver and passenger side clunks when I go over bumps. I can push up on the drivers side and it will stop. I brought it into my dealer, and they it was because I have after market rings in the handles causing the top to be loose. I replaced them with the OEM ones and the handles are just as loose. I am thinking of putting another piece of thin weather strip in-between them. Any other ideas?

Lube the seals and especially the locator pins and that will usually resolve any noise issues . If it doesn't leak in the rain then that's probably your issue. My latches are not loose at all though. I do latch the center of the passenger top first and then put the driver side panel in and latch those two before I latch any of the outside ones. Seems to help by latching from middle out.

 

[RCR]

What kind of lubricant do you guys recommend? I have similar noise. Thanks!

 

[Bronc6g22]

Lube and/or foam/Teflon tape has proven to be a temporary solution. The only fix that worked for me here is realigning the hardtop mount pins between the driver and passenger seat. Worked wonders and leveled out my panels.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...stuck-wont-come-off.58896/page-2#post-1818470

 

[Mlarv]

Well I am pretty sure I found my problem today. I finally had enough time to chase the wind noise and the clunk. I took the two front panels off to apply Sil glyde to the seals all around the top and doors. Wind noise is gone. The clung was still there. I looked at the drivers side panel and found it delaminating along the center edge. I had to go into town today and noticed the Dealer service department was open. I pulled in and showed the service writer the problem. Now I wait for Ford to approve the new panel.

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