JK freedom top issue

MaggiCzer

MaggiCzer

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My freedom tops appear to fit perfectly if you’re looking at them from the top.
I can get everything to latch EXCEPT the two that hook to the windshield. I can push the lever forward but it won’t grab on to the hook. We tried shoving up the back hard top with no luck. I have a tiny leak on both sides when going through the car wash near where the pins go in. The pins definitely look like they need to go in further, but they are lined up properly.
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Help please !
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If you have time I'm sure if you drove by the dealer they would be glad to give you a hand. Nothing compares to hands on experience. You can sit in a new JL at the same time.
 
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Try unscrewing the 2 bolts in the sound bar, then latch at the windshield.

It’s possible that the 2 screws in back are too tight.
 
Alex01 said:
If you have time I'm sure if you drove by the dealer they would be glad to give you a hand. Nothing compares to hands on experience. You can sit in a new JL at the same time.
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I’m following your video. No change. Still not clipping to windshield


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@MaggiCzer, it's been a couple of years since I had my JK, but if I remember correctly, the latches do not actually 'hook' on to anything. The front of the latch is supposed to go under the footman loop (not clip on to it, hook it, or grab it), and when you close the latch, it pulls the top down, because the latch is pushing up on the footman loop when closed...is that what you're doing?
 
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This is what it’s like. Maybe it’s right and I’m just a newbie and feels like it should latch better.


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MaggiCzer said:
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This is what it’s like. Maybe it’s right and I’m just a newbie and feels like it should latch better.


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Can you open the latch, let it hang down, and take a photo of it? In your photo, the rubber foot should be under the footman loop, not behind it. I can understand your frustration. It seems the arm that the foot is on is too short. Is there any adjustment to that at all? That's why a photo of the latch open would help...
 
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Can you open the latch, let it hang down, and take a photo of it? In your photo, the rubber foot should be under the footman loop, not behind it. I can understand your frustration. It seems the arm that the foot is on is too short. Is there any adjustment to that at all? That's why a photo of the latch open would help...
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glwood said:
Can you open the latch, let it hang down, and take a photo of it? In your photo, the rubber foot should be under the footman loop, not behind it. I can understand your frustration. It seems the arm that the foot is on is too short. Is there any adjustment to that at all? That's why a photo of the latch open would help...
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Sent a photo with it open. It’s almost like the rubber smashes in to the metal hook vs going under it


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In this photo, with the latch in that position, can you push the foot forward while holding the bottom of the latch back, so the rubber foot is next to the footman loop, then close the latch, so the rubber foot is pushing up on the loop? That foot should be extended forward before you close the latch...
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glwood said:
In this photo, with the latch in that position, can you push the foot forward while holding the bottom of the latch back, so the rubber foot is next to the footman loop, then close the latch, so the rubber foot is pushing up on the loop? That foot should be extended forward before you close the latch...
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I’m struggling. How can I upload a short video




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Not sure on a video, I haven't uploaded any...

What I am getting at is, if you open the latch all the way back, then extend that foot forward all the way it will go (it should move forward independently of the latch handle), it should then be close to or touching the loop. Then close the big latch, and that should be it!
 
glwood said:
Not sure on a video, I haven't uploaded any...

What I am getting at is, if you open the latch all the way back, then extend that foot forward all the way it will go (it should move forward independently of the latch handle), it should then be close to or touching the loop. Then close the big latch, and that should be it!
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Yeah I’m trying that with no luck :(


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It might be stuck in that position, and needs to be freed up. The foot should go forward, to where it is either touching, or almost touching that loop, before you even move the latch handle forward...maybe you could try prying it with a tool of some sort to free it up.
 
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