Help - Freedom Panel/Sound Bar Rattle

[LSUonyx09]

Hey guys - my Gladiator just started developing a rattle when i am on rougher roads or hit bumps and i believe it is coming from the front freedom panels by the sound bar - so the back of the front freedom panels. It seems to be from where the two latches are by the sound bar. I have tightened all the bolts on the latches as well as tightened the sound bar which were slightly lose. It is still happening though. Is there a bolt or something by those latches and sound bar that I don't see that can be tightened? Thanks!

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[jac04]

Some people have put a piece of foam weatherstripping between the plastic sound bar and the roll bar. Check out this video:

 

[LSUonyx09]

Some people have put a piece of foam weatherstripping between the plastic sound bar and the roll bar. Check out this video:

Thanks - I may have to look into that. It seems that it is coming from where those latches are though for the front panels by the sound bar.

 

[Munkey Boy]

This might sound like a crazy question, but did you get the spray-in bed liner? I had a slight rattle when I first got my JT. Rather than inspect it, I did what any careful mechanic would do: I smacked the sound bar with my fist. A pea sized piece of bed liner material popped out. Problem solved. I wouldn't normally recommend punching vehicles, but it might just be some wandering debris.

 

[LSUonyx09]

This might sound like a crazy question, but did you get the spray-in bed liner? I had a slight rattle when I first got my JT. Rather than inspect it, I did what any careful mechanic would do: I smacked the sound bar with my fist. A pea sized piece of bed liner material popped out. Problem solved. I wouldn't normally recommend punching vehicles, but it might just be some wandering debris.

It came sprayed in from the factory.

 

[Munkey Boy]

Same here. Might be the same issue. Production sequence may have trapped a tiny bit in there.

I was on a washboard road when I heard it bouncing loosely. Quick smack and it came out. It didn't seem to be trapped, just caught in the tray of the sound bar plastic.

 

[LSUonyx09]

Same here. Might be the same issue. Production sequence may have trapped a tiny bit in there.

I was on a washboard road when I heard it bouncing loosely. Quick smack and it came out. It didn't seem to be trapped, just caught in the tray of the sound bar plastic.

Ok i will have to take a look. It just started around the 3200 mile mark.

 

[Munkey Boy]

Mine happened within 100 miles. Your debris, if that's what it is, might be larger and was wedged for a time.

If there is a way to drop the sound bar plastic instead of hitting it, might be easier to get the floater out. Would provide access too to see if it may be a screw or whatever that is part of the speaker assembly.

 

[LSUonyx09]

Mine happened within 100 miles. Your debris, if that's what it is, might be larger and was wedged for a time.

If there is a way to drop the sound bar plastic instead of hitting it, might be easier to get the floater out. Would provide access too to see if it may be a screw or whatever that is part of the speaker assembly.

Ok thanks - I appreciate it

 

[JDP_1988]

Some people have put a piece of foam weatherstripping between the plastic sound bar and the roll bar. Check out this video:

Looks like I know what I'm doing this weekend. I had tracked my speaker rattle to the sound bar on Wednesday but hadn't thought much yet about how to fix it. Thanks for posting the video!

 

[XJhawk]

I had that. Took the speaker cover off of the offending speaker, and there was a loose screw in there. I could see where a screw was missing, bit it was there.

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