[wsm04rubi]

My top leaking somewhere, the trail of water appears to be coming in around the door seals. Anyone run into this? Only does it in really heavy rain.

Not a real big deal since my Jeep mostly just sits in the garage, and when it does sit out in the rain, the husky floor liners catch all the water...

 

[Topless Rubi]

maybe the doors are not sealing against the surrounds? check the gap and adjust the hinges.

Also a better chance the drain hole in the cowl area is plugged allowing water to get into the front floor area. Usually shows up as wet floors after a heavy rain.

john

 

[SweetPee]

Judging from your avatar your jeep has the hard doors also? Mine has he hard doors and OE soft top and it use to do that. Best I could tell it would travel inside the seal at the top and leak down into the floor (husky liners here too) on the passenger side. I did fix it though on accident. I installed some Poison Spyder side spreader bars that replace the factory flimsy bars that the RockHard cage "T" top secion and A pillars mounted to. They are what the door surrounds mount to. Anyway, when I did that it adjusted those bars and aubsequently the door surrounds out just a tiny bit thus applying a little more pressure against the seals and stopping the leak. I'm not saying the PSC parts fixed it, but I think you could maybe make a minor adjustment there and solve the leak.

Just an idea.

 

[f9k9]

Open the offending door, roll down your window and place your knee on the interior panel and pull the top of the window frame towards you. Sounds crude but, that is exactly how most body shops do it. May not be kosher but, it has worked for me.

 

[SweetPee]

Open the offending door, roll down your window and place your knee on the interior panel and pull the top of the window frame towards you. Sounds crude but, that is exactly how most body shops do it. May not be kosher but, it has worked for me.

Yes that does work. I tried it on mine when I had the problem. It didn't work for me that particular time. But I have done this on countless other vehicles with success.

 

[wsm04rubi]

I will give that a try. I know it is leaking in that area, because I can see the water tracks down the door, just can't tell where it is actually coming in...

 

[SweetPee]

It is messy, but if you really want to find out how and where it is traveling.... dust the door jamb with baby powder. When it drips and runs it will leave a trail.

 

[wsm04rubi]

It is messy, but if you really want to find out how and where it is traveling.... dust the door jamb with baby powder. When it drips and runs it will leave a trail.

That is a good idea, thanks!

 

[Eric]

my right door leaks once in a while, mostly due to the windshield frame being smashed right thereand the door seal is a little flattened out.