Rear panel hinge creaking/grinding sound when opening/closing?

Noticing my rear panel creaks and sounds like dust/debris grinding on the hinge when opening/closing. Doesn’t appear to impact the operation at the moment but curious if there is a way to service this. Thought about taking the rear panel off but before doing this wondered if others have experienced same issue and whether removing the panel will allow me to clean out any debris or dust build up? I’ve only noticed this on the rear panel and not on the side ones.

send GFC an email and see what they say, then share with the class lol

Wash your truck and it will be back to normal

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This was my experience. Took my GFC to one of those self-wash stations with the big soap gun and just rinsed it down, after that the hinge went quiet.

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That sounds a lot easier than taking off the panel ! Thanks

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