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Cayman Tailgates

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Nick_USA

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See here (you are not the first): http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=588226 Of note, the 'tape fix' is not uncommon. However, note that there was a workshop campaign in USA to address this problem, which is linked too in the previous thread.
 
As a new member, I should appreciate any info on tailgate rattles. My local dealer has said that the recognized fix is to apply insulating tape to the catch!! Hardly Porsche Design. Is there an inherent problem? I have tried adjusting the rubber stops but without success.
 
Arundel, Please make sure that you buy the expensive tape as the tape that lawyers typically use to stick things together has a habit of coming unsruck.
 
ORIGINAL: cayman Arundel, Please make sure that you buy the expensive tape as the tape that lawyers typically use to stick things together has a habit of coming unsruck.
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[:D] btw Contrary to popular believe, it is not the tailgate itself that rattles but the counterweight installed in it.
 
That's what I thought but after recently developing what I assumed was the dreaded clonk I turned it into Colchester who solved it by adjusting the latch. Gone.
 
I tried padding the counterweight in my tailgate but the rattle persisted. I removed the trim and moved the lock catch as far down as it will go, I now have the bumper stops screwed all the way in and a rattle free tailgate. It isn't a big job if you are at all handy with hand tools.
 
Reading this thread, I have an occasional squeak which from the driver's seat sounds like it's in the seat back of the passenger seat. Nothing on the seat is loose or seems to be incorrect and it makes no difference if the seat is empty, has a light passenger or a heavy passenger. The OPC thought it was the door catch and adjusted it but the squeak started within 50 miles, maybe as it is occasional they adjusted, it stopped, presume fixed! Where exactly is the counterweight?
 
Here you go (Plastic panel removed, it is the black lump just above the glass):
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ORIGINAL: Buddy Reading this thread, I have an occasional squeak which from the driver's seat sounds like it's in the seat back of the passenger seat. Nothing on the seat is loose or seems to be incorrect and it makes no difference if the seat is empty, has a light passenger or a heavy passenger. The OPC thought it was the door catch and adjusted it but the squeak started within 50 miles, maybe as it is occasional they adjusted, it stopped, presume fixed! Where exactly is the counterweight?
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I'm sure this is not it, but is the top of the seat catching the roof? This caused a squeak in my car and drove me crazy until I adjusted the seat.
 
No Nick, I checked all around the seat that there was no rubbing, I even tried setting it hard back against the firewall and no change. We also have our seats set quite low and I tried raising both a little to make sure there wasn't a rub of the rear frame to the base. My wife says it's behind her and to me it sounds to be around the headrest but it could be the front end of the hatch, the seal or the side bump rubber although I've cleaned all of them. Thie time around I'm starting afresh, first stage of the investigation has been to adjust the hatch stops if that makes it better or worse it will be one thing to further tweak, if no change then I'll take another look at the catches of the hatch and door and use some tape on them. From there, I'll lubricate the seals with silicone grease since it's a squeak I doubt the hatch counterweight as it seems to be the wrong area for the sound but I now know where it is if I need to look into it. By the time the squeak is gone I won't believe it!
 
I had the same little rattle couple of years back if you go to the B pillar take the cap off the top of the seat belt you will find one small 13mm nut that bolts the B pillar to the body, mine on both sides took best part of a full turn to tighten, but be careful not to over do it.
 
Thanks for the tip Weekes, the cap was tight and not knowing where the clips were I didn't want to force it, I could see the nut and got a thin spanner onto it and found that it felt tight, as you say, I was not going to over do things there. So it was back to my plan, I cleaned the hatch and door seals with the silicon grease and then wiped off the excess, with some grease on the stops there is a witness that they are seating in the recesses. The same on the rubber blocks along the side. I am now pretty confident that the problem is not with the hatch. Returned to the passenger door and cleaned the seal Test drive and there was still a slight squeak, tried tape on the door catch was there a difference? couldn't tell. So I adjusted the door catch, no real difference still very slight squeak, the squeak seems to be reducing but still not identified, seems to be rear edge of the passenger door. I'll look again tomorrow.
 
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