Sea Ray 34 Engine Hatch Slow

[Capt Duck]

I have a 34 SR and the hatch motor is slow going up and down. When I measure the voltage at the motor it goes from 14V to 7V on the lift and 14V to 9V on the downard
movement. I have checked the easy to get at connections.

Has anyone seen this before, I hate to order a new motor for it and have the same problem.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated:huh:

 

[boatmailster]

did you load test batteries? maybe motor is not a problem.

 

[Capt Duck]

No I did not, both engines start very nicely and when I hit the hatch switch and watch the voltage meter in the cabin, they stay above 12 volts. Wacky problem,

 

[Bt Doctur]

loose/corroded ground or hot leads to the motor

 

[boatmailster]

you could run new wires straight to battery to diagnose if there is a problem with existing wiring or switch. taking it apart and lubricating all gears and shaft may help too.

 

[Capt Duck]

Will run wires direct to motor tomorrow to see if that gives her a turbo boost.

 

[artswarlock]

Mine started doing the same. I took it apart cleaned all the old grease and regreased . Now it works like a champ

 

[rcknecht]

Mine is starting to do the samething. Sometimes it does not work at all. I could not find just a motor. The OEM would only sell the whole assembly. MM want $900, and I found it directly from the OEM distributer for around $300... Bottom line, is I did not want to replace it to find out it was a loose connection... I plan cleaning the connectin and greesing as was suggest above... I think this is a common problem for 1999-2002 340s...