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AntB

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I have an annoying creak type rattle when I go over a bump coming from the rear tailgate... Seems worse when hot (as in outside temp etc)TBH - almost like the tailgate lid is flexing..

Was thinking it could be the tailgate pins... I see that they are commonly sold as "to replace your worn pins and stop that annoying rattle" - so thinking it could be those and for the sake of £20 thought i'd give it a go..

Do you think that sounds viable - and are there anyother common rattles from the rear tailgate.. I have checked everything - spare wheel, battery, cd changer, poppers etc etc etc

Also - are the pins adjustable - I see that the shaft is threaded with a nut at the bottom - is that to adjust the length of the pin shaft?

Cheers Anthony
 
You probably wont get rid of it. Replacing pins and latches will make it better, as will replacing the old and crushed tailgate seals. The chaps in the states seem to thing they've cracked it - they think it is the glass moving within the frame, so removing the hatch, removing all the frame and trim items, cleaning out the old glue and re-glueing should solve it. But people have short memories - this is an '80's car, and all '80's cars had rattles and squeaks from new and if they didn't they would have within days.
 
I've had screens becoming detached but can't say I've noticed any irritating noises. It might be worth getting someone to gently tweak/tap the frame whilst you're inside and see if it can be noticed (I say gently as it's not unknown for the screens to shatter under extremes, or very occasionally just when they feel like it). I'd have thought a new seal would be a good option, if you're tight like me and want to experiment without buying one get some soft/thin draft excluder and stick it on top of the existing seal in a few places and see if that changes the noise.
 
Nows the time to replace it with polycarbonate then! [:D]

You neednt spend £20-odd on new pins: theyre FAR cheaper at your local OPC than they are on eBay...
 

ORIGINAL: 944 man

You neednt spend £20-odd on new pins: theyre FAR cheaper at your local OPC than they are on eBay...
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I am beginning to see a patern here - jeez some people are out to just rip us off arnt they.

Will I will give exeter a call in the morn and get two posted to me.. worth a punt... Doesnt actually worry me - and with the radio even slightly on you cant hear it... I guess I am just too picky!! as we say - it is 20 years old..
 
Simon's spot on, I bought some the other day (and cannot now find the invoice [:mad:]), but the only expensive bit is the piece it threads into and not the pin and nut.
 

ORIGINAL: Peter Empson

Simon's spot on, I bought some the other day (and cannot now find the invoice [:mad:]), but the only expensive bit is the piece it threads into and not the pin and nut.
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I take it the pin and nut bit is adjustable is it.. i.e. you wind the pin into the base and then lock with the nut - or do I have that wrong?
 
that's right - you may also find that replacing the seal (IRO £50 from Bert) and the struts (ditto) are necessary to eliminate all creaking

- do the cheap bit first
 
Same with DME relay's - £16 from OPC, i've not seen them cheaper elsewhere.

Back onto the hatch - Though mine doesn't leak when it rains, it does when I wash the car so water is definately getting around the edge of the glass between the frame. There was a thread a few years ago that explained how you could somehow squirt sealant/glue into the frame, but I suspect you are better off doing it the hard way and stripping it down.
 
Dont overlook the sunroof either. Many leaking hatches can be cured by fitting new sunroof seals too.....
 
New hatch struts can actually cure rattles too [&:] I suppose they are pushing the hatch away from the body a little.

So in order of preference:

New pins (or simply adjust)
New latches (or simply adjust)
New Seal
New struts
Reseal glass in frame [:eek:]
 
Mine does the same, not all the time seems temperature related. I just live with it. I stripped cleaned re-lubed and refitted the boot locks (becasue of a leak) made no difference to the noise (cured the leak tho) so i dont think its them. I'd go with the glass flexing against the frame. Kind of thing a squirt of wd-40 in the right place would probably fix.
 
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