In a desperate attempt to stop the latch on the pop top from rattling
upon hitting every road irregularity-I came up with this
conclusion-----the holes in the male portion of the latch have been
ovaled out, causing the top to not draw up tight to the roof, or I guess
the luggage rack.

I thought of adding some 1/4'  rubber adhesive backed gasket type
material, but this solution would be short lived, as the rubber would
eventually squish down and the rattle would be back----

So her's what I did----

I removed the female portion of the latch, and welded the top portion of
the hole closed--took my die grinder, and smoothed out the weld, and now
the pin's of the latch catch the hole in a lower position, keeping the
top pulled tighter to the roof---

Eureka!!!---No more rattling----

There is zero vertical adjustment for the latch --and as far as I could
see this was the only way to resolve this irritating as all hell
constant rattle----

Later,

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