2009 JEEP WRANGLER Owners Manual

Putting Up The Soft Top
1 — Header Bow6 — Body Side Retainer11 — Plastic Retainer
2 — 2–Bow 7 — Quarter Window
3 — 3–Bow 8 — Check Strap
4 — 4–Bow 9 — Front Retainer — Quarter Window
5 — Sail Panel 10 — Bottom Retainer — Quarter Window
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1 — Zipper Start
2 — Zipper Finish
3 — Swing Gate Bar
4 — Swing Gate Brackets
5 — Sail Panels
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NOTE:Be extremely careful when putting up the soft
top to prevent the doors from getting scratched. It may be
helpful to open the rear doors.
1. Install the door frames, if removed. Refer to “Door
Frame” in this section.
2. Undo the straps used to secure the top in the down
position and store in secure location.
3. Open the swing gate.
4. Grasp the folded side bows and lift to the top of the
rear door frames.
NOTE: Help from another person will ease this opera-
tion.
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5. Insert the slider feature of the knuckles into the door
frame tracks and slide the top forward.6. Ensure that the top locks into the Sunrider
locking
mechanisms that are located above the front of the rear
doors.
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7. Unclip and move the sun visors to the side.
8. Standing on the side of the vehicle, lift the top by the
side bow until it rests on the windshield frame.
9. Before attaching the header latches, be sure the top
retainers above the doors do not get trapped between the
top and the door frame. Also, make certain the feet atboth ends of the 2–bow (forward-most bow) seat prop-
erly on the side bows above the front doors. They should
cradle the tubing. Finally, make sure that the check strap
(the long, woven strap reaching from the rear bow to the
2–bow) does not get entangled in any of the framework
when unfolding the top.
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10. Open the header latches and engage the hook on each
side onto the windshield loops (do not close the latches).11. If the swing gate brackets were removed, install them
by hooking the rear edge of the bracket on the interior
side of the body channel. Then, rotate it rearward and
over the channel until it snaps onto the exterior part of
the rail. To be properly located, the bracket must only be
clipped to the shortened rail edge.
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12. Ensure that the straps are positioned correctly before
pulling the sail panels over the rear roof bow (4–bow).Partially install the sail panel retainers into the body side
channel, leaving the last 3 in (7.6 cm) toward the rear
window loose (on both sides). Pulling down on the rear
roof bow (4–bow) will aid in reaching the channel with
the retainers.
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13. To install the side windows, affix the window tem-
porarily by attaching it to the Velcroin the upper rear
corner. Start the zipper but close only about 1 in (2.5 cm). 14. Insert the front retainer of the window into the door
channel, making sure the retainer is fully seated and
properly positioned on the door frame. Failure to do so
can result in wind and water leaks or damage to the
window.
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