Lubricating Cabin Door 12 470DA

Here is my suggestion. Don’t lubricate them. If they are not smooth you need to rebuild the trucks/tracks or simply clean them out. It’s not a fun job but it is the reality. The doors roll on trucks which have bearings so everything is sealed. Lubricant will simply goop up the tracks.
 
What Josh wrote. The trucks are probably the most poorly/underdesigned item on the boat. When the door gets hard to slide it usually means the wheels have broken off the trucks and the door has dropped and is resting on top of the track. From my experience with my 300DA I wouldn't expect more than 5 years of life from the trucks if you use your boat regularly.
 
Agree about the lube. Has anybody disassembled/repaired the trucks?? Looks to be a bear.
 
On our 260DA, I had really good success with taking a high pressure water hose and cleaning the upper and lower tracks good. Let it all dry and sprayed it with some "Dry" Silicone Spray from HD. It worked really well without gumming up anything. Had to re-spray every month or so. It goes on like a clear liquid, but dries in less than a minute to a white color.

Bennett
 
I'm not sure if it's the same trucks set up or not, but I used the Silicone spray on our 98' 310 cabin door and it worked great. I use it on a bunch of stuff, door tracks, engine hatch and window cylinders, helm seat slides, trunk shocks, swim ladder. If it moves I'm spraying it a few times a season. I haven't had any problems with it gumming up, but I don't over do it either.
 
Bees Wax or white candle wax after a good cleaning
 
BBWhite is spot on! Clean the track and lube with silicone spray.Silicone does not attract dirt like WD-40. However if your sealed bearings on your rollers have failed then you must replace rollers.
 
I just rebuilt my door on a 2002 310DA. One of the easier boats to take apart and fix as needed.

1. Cut the silicone bead from the cover hatch. Remove 4 screws and the entire cover comes off.
2. Unscrew 3 lower and 3 upper two piece screw / nuts holding each door to the slide track. (2 piece door)
3. The trucks now roll out through the starboard side. One of mine had no wheels at all. No wheels in sight. Track was clean.
4. $30 bucks for each truck and $15 for overnight shipping.
5. Reassemble and realize the brown caulk from 2002 is discontinued. I'm trying some QUAD brown silicone from HD as opposed to the available marine clear, black, or white.
 

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icsdoug said:
Any suggestions for lubricating the door tracks on a 12 470 DA ?
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icsdoug, IDK why everyone is telling you to not lube. I have a 2011 470DA and my door sticks sometimes and all I do is spray some WD 40 into the tracks, upper and lower, and it lasts me the whole season. Very simple.
 
Google "graphite dry lube". It comes in a spray and works great. I've already replace my entire track and trucks but use this to keep it lubed. Won't attract dirt as it's totally dry.
 
Here’s the deal on all the lube options.

You shouldn’t have to. Period. If you are needing to use lube then you need to spend the time to rebuild your door, trucks, and/tracks. The door is mounted to trucks with bearings that don’t require lube. They roll (they don’t glide) inside a special track that matches their shape. So while you can try all the snake oil you want if it helps the cause then you are temporarily solving the symptom instead of correcting the problem.

It would be like giving someone who has emphysema some cough medicine and saying that’s gonna fix the problem.
 
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