We've got a nice, heavy, color-matched fiberglass topper on our T100.
As the temperatures have dropped to more normal winter levels, the
truck has developed a symphony of different squeaks, all coming
(seemingly) from the topper/truck interface.

Anyone got any experience tracking down and eliminating these noises?
Maybe Teflon tape between the offending parts? Silicone spray?
Graphite?

Turn up the stereo?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
'95 T100 4x4 Extended Cab
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" <jjhoneck (AT) mchsi (DOT) com> wrote

you didn't put heavy duty weather stripping between the topper and bed
rails?? 1 1/2 inch wide and 5/16 inch thick works well with mine.

On 20 Jan 2007 06:47:17 -0800, "Jay Honeck" <jjhoneck (AT) mchsi (DOT) com>
wrote:

If it's a pressure gasket interface between the seal on the topper
and the back wall of the truck cab, the Teflon tape on the back of the
cab where the seal contacts would be the simplest and best bet to try,
as eventually the seal will wear the paint off the back of the cab.

Anything you spray on will only attract dust and grit, and serve to
accelerate the paint-removal buffing properties of the seal.

It would be more effective if they had a slack seal with a ring that
clamped to the truck back window surround, but to do that you have to
remove the windows to make it an open pass-through to the shell.

With the fuel tank back there, and winter temperatures in Ohio, I
really don't think you want to do that...

There is also supposed to be a thick foam tape seal for the truck
bed to shell interface, to reduce the squeaking and eventual paint
damage there.

Hey, if all else fails...

--<< Bruce >>--

Your topper seller has a variety of cap-to-bed gaskets and cap-to-cab seals.
Most of your noise probably comes from the cap-to-cab seal. Simply
tightening the topper down should fix any cap-to-bed squeaks.



"Jay Honeck" <jjhoneck (AT) mchsi (DOT) com> wrote

Yeah, there's a 1.5 inch wide rubber strip all the way 'round between
the cap and the bed rails. We made sure it was in place properly when
we lifted the thing back onto the bed, so I don't think that's what is
squeaking.

It must be a contact point between the back of the cab and the front of
the topper. I'm going to have to inspect that more closely, and see if
there's any place I can stuff a piece of that weather stripping in...

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
'95 T100 4x4 Extended Cab
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"