As the strikers become older they star to get worn due to the constant friction between them and the top's latches.

The wear of these parts creates play between the latch and the striker and this causes a squeaking sound that its anoying enough to drive anyone insane making noise even while taking the slightest of turns (this is specially embarasing if you have a passenger with you )

You can always buy new strikers or try swaping them from one side to another to give the latches a fresh surface to rest against OR...

you can do this:

go to your local Home Depot and buy yourself a box of #31 O-rings from the plumbing section (by the faucets)

they should look something like this:







Dimensions are: O.D: 9/16" I.D: 5/16" x 1/8"

Outside Diameter: 9/16"
Inside Diameter: 5/16"

then install them over the latches' pin as shown:
(you can can as an option use a bit of superglue to fix them against the pre-existing rubber stopper)





this will create a better seal between the latch and the striker preventing them form rubbing and making that horrible squeaking noise

Best part of all the O-Rings are $1.97 for a box of 10 :thumbup:

Took the car around some tight turns, in and out some driveways where previous to the washers the top would have squeaked and got NO squeaking

I'll post updates as of how they washers will hold up after a few days

 

Neat Mine does that..

Thanks

If you have a fix for the squeaks near the passenger door (On the soft top itself) not the passenger seat belt... Please share h:

 

Sorry I haven't experienced any squeaking coming from that area as of yet (knock on wood)
maybe try using some shin-etsu grease to dress/condition all rubber components on the top?

 

Thought about it, but it's bearable for me for now h: I'll use your method for my catchers though

 

Very nice

 

There is also a Honda Service Bulletin about noisy strikers with a slightly different fix you might want to look in to. It made a big difference in mine...

http://www.s2ki.com/stor/library/TSB/a03-023/index.htm

 

do you have any more info on the service buletin? maybe the TBS#

 

Sweet thanks mine has creaked since day one. I swapped it out the entire latch at Honda a few years ago, $200 under warranty. Since warranty is done it's been annoying me ever since!

 

the service buletin has you replace the soft top strikers with hard top ones.

 

I did this a few weeks ago and it made a HUGE difference. my hardtop was used so the latches were down. excellent and cheap mod :thumbup: