Horrible Screetch When Sliding Back Roof Lid

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Mar 20, 2013
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Hunter 27 MD
I get a horrible ear piercing screetch when sliding back my roof panel.

Sprayed it liberally with lithium grease. Worked it back and forth.

Any ideas ? I can't tell what parts are causing it. I think everything is stock, original.

Thanks !
 
Aug 23, 2011
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Hunter 31 Georgetown, MD
Get some uhmw tape from McMaster-Carr and install it between the hatch and frame rail
 
Jan 9, 2013
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Hunter 27 Mooresville, NC
Dave, I'd swear that you bought my boat, if I didn't still have it! Creepily similar issues. I found a TINY piece of dirt on one of the rails, about 1/2 the size of a pea. It was loud enough to put somebody in the cabin on their knees when you slid open the hatch...
:)
 
Mar 20, 2012
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Cal 34-III, MacGregor 25 Salem, Oregon
sail slug lube works great on the hatch slides. keeps them smooth and easy to move...
 
Mar 20, 2013
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Hunter 27 MD
I was on the boat yesterday and it drives me crazy. Is it hard to take the lid off? I could not find any bolts or fasteners. I should've taken a picture.

Look like there's two Delrin strips about three quarters of an inch wide – is this what the lid rides on ?
 
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