vettenut

How do I silence my transparent roof? Yesterday it was creaking every now and then in the heat while driving.

EDinPA

A little lube at the latches.

rchbn

Shrink tubing on the male pins, shrink it on then cut off the excess in front of the ball but make sure the ball is covered. This worked for me and others.

Bowtie_Brigade

Condition the rubber seals. I use Di-electric grease (silicon grease). You can buy the big tube at any of the auto parts stores. A little messy the first few washes, but your seals won't dry out.

vettenut

What sort of lube is suggested?

Bowtie_Brigade

It's really a silicon grease - not silicon spray lubricant. Typically used for lubing spark plug boots when performing a spark plug change. This is what GM recommends as well. You'll find it in the gasket sealer section of your auto parts store. Either Tune-up grease or Dielectric grease - same thing.

mpuzach

Richard, can you please provide info on the type of shrink tubing you used, i.e. diameter, thickness, etc.? Also, after sliding the tubing onto the pins did you heat it to make it "form fit" the pins? Thx.

Simonmcnasty

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ing-noise.html

Good read, this worked for mine

Chevy Cust Svc

Vettenut, Did lubricating the latches work for you?

Thanks,
Laura
GM Customer Service

bdanyluk

GUARANTEED TO WORK.

Go to Home Depot/Lowes and get some 3/16" or 5/16" e-clips. Put them on the little roller shafts that rotate. 1 per roller. NO MORE NOISE!

xBrahmaBullx

WD-40 and a paper napkin. Cheap, quick and inexpensive.

ohmy

Like dem Vettes

GM recommends Super Lube in a TSB about creaking removable tops.

xBrahmaBullx

Critique without explaining?

Xedes

Any pics?

SideWinderVette

i cant wait to try this! that creaking is terrible in my 05, i was just going to try and buy a new one but now theres hope! mine even does it in cold weather... terribly annoying.. thanks for the info

EDinPA

WD40 is petroleum based. It will destroy rubber, especially foam weather-stripping.

xBrahmaBullx

The creaking isn't from the rubber. Its from the metal to metal contact of the pins and the latches, hence why I said use a paper towel.

Gearhead Jim

GM has a long bulletin about how to fix the creaking roof, use the Search feature to find and print it out.

Go through it, step by step. Hopefully, most of them will not apply to you and you can skip them after checking. Then if you have the old style front latches, you can do the E-clip fix by mrtoner and save a bunch of money.

Otherwise, don't waste your time on scattershot fixes.
Get the bulletin, do the bulletin.

Our car had six problems that all had to be fixed, now the roof is quiet. The dealer worked through it and finally found/fixed them all.

Chevy Cust Svc

Let us know if that takes care of your problem!

Thanks,
Laura
GM Customer Service