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another creaky/groany thread


Roy

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good morning people - now i know what the normal boot rubber creak sound is like but on my way to work this morning, i heard a different kind of groaning/creaking sound that seemed to come from either just behind me or near the boot hatch (no aerotop jokes pls!:p ).

 

i was just wondering if the entire door of the rear boot hatch can be slightly loose and if so, is there an easy way to rectify this ? i have obviously changed the rubbers a while back and re-tightened the roof (unless it came loose lately) so am just trying to eliminate any other possible causes ?

 

many thanks in advance.

 

p.s. if MattH is reading this - pls refrain from the usual aeroflop jokes ....... :innocent: :p :D

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  • 6 months later...

Im getting lots of creaks from the rear and lots from my aerotop roof, i have only just got the car and guess i need to replace rubbers

 

Who can replace the rubbers for me, do i need to goto a toyota garage? im in essex btw

 

ta

 

Paul

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You can replace the boot rubbers yourself. They're about £5 each from Toyota. They really made a difference on my car. The rubbers are held in with philips type screws. The problem is the threads are covered in Loctite and will not come out... I spent nearly a day doing one side! :looney: Had various advice from using and impact driver, to dremeling the heads. :banghead:

 

I ended up pulling the rubbers off the mounting plate and then using a mini gas blow torch to melt the Loctite. Then the screws just came out with a standard screw driver. Easy.

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