Sunroof Rattles on bump when open

[rs6er]

Ever since I replaced the seals on my sunroof, it rattles when going over rough pavement. I had some trouble getting it to close all the way at first. With the roof partially open, I can move the sunroof panel up and down with my hand. Before the repair (??!!) it never made any noise. Help?

[TRE Cup]

you did not set the cable "fingers" under the spring clips of the sunroof panel. The spring clips' purpose is to swivel up the rear of the roof panel upon reaching the end of cable travel

[rs6er]

Do you have a picture or diagram of these fingers? I never removed anything.

[Venetian]

I"ve got the identical problem. Can"t help you but certainly interested in a solution.

[Oregon Cab]

Just replaced my sroof headliner Friday. Retract the top 6" so you can see the leading edge of the headline toward the front of the car. It can unclip along the whole front edge like a door panel with the arrow shaped push clips. Now you can slide the headliner back into the roof and see all the connections of your sunroof and cable mechs.

There are 2 bolts in the front right and left and 2 bolts toward the rear near your head. Push the headliner so you see these rear ones. They go into a silver plate with another silver place sandwiched on top of it. The first one closest to your head (call it 'head tab') has smaller holes that the second one (or the one closest to the sky-call it 'sky tab'). There is a long metal spring tab attached to the roof that should be slipped between the second silver tab and the closets silver tab. When I reinstalled my roof I did this wrong and the rear of the roof did not rise. So swivel the long metal spring aside so the sky tab can be placed against the roof. Swivel it back and now put the head tab on top of this sandwiching the spring. The head tab has little feet (like a capital T with tiny serifs or bottom feet) and they need to be slipped into the feet holders attached to the roof and painted body color. This will take compressing the spring to get it.

So, sky tab against the roof, spring, head tab on top of the spring with the little feet of the head tab tucked into the little feet holders on the roof. Once the feet are tucked in both tabs are under tension and will stay. put the 2 bolts and washers back in. Shimmy your headliner back up to the clip holes on the roof and push them in. You are done and the roof travel tight and the rear will rise when closed. Now your roof is connected at the front and over your head to the tracks.

[rs6er]

Originally Posted by Oregon Cab

Just replaced my sroof headliner Friday. Retract the top 6" so you can see the leading edge of the headline toward the front of the car. It can unclip along the whole front edge like a door panel with the arrow shaped push clips. Now you can slide the headliner back into the roof and see all the connections of your sunroof and cable mechs.

There are 2 bolts in the front right and left and 2 bolts toward the rear near your head. Push the headliner so you see these rear ones. They go into a silver plate with another silver place sandwiched on top of it. The first one closest to your head (call it 'head tab') has smaller holes that the second one (or the one closest to the sky-call it 'sky tab'). There is a long metal spring tab attached to the roof that should be slipped between the second silver tab and the closets silver tab. When I reinstalled my roof I did this wrong and the rear of the roof did not rise. So swivel the long metal spring aside so the sky tab can be placed against the roof. Swivel it back and now put the head tab on top of this sandwiching the spring. The head tab has little feet (like a capital T with tiny serifs or bottom feet) and they need to be slipped into the feet holders attached to the roof and painted body color. This will take compressing the spring to get it.

So, sky tab against the roof, spring, head tab on top of the spring with the little feet of the head tab tucked into the little feet holders on the roof. Once the feet are tucked in both tabs are under tension and will stay. put the 2 bolts and washers back in. Shimmy your headliner back up to the clip holes on the roof and push them in. You are done and the roof travel tight and the rear will rise when closed. Now your roof is connected at the front and over your head to the tracks.

You didn't manage to take any pictires of this. did you?

[rs6er]

Actually I found pics in the Bentley.

[CrossT]

I had this issue after a rebuild on a prior car and found that the thick felt pads on the roof and in the cavity where the open roof slides had worked loose. Reattached them with a little 3M super weatherstrip glue and no more rattle. My current car is a targa, so I'm beyond worrying about little rattles.

todd
89 targa