Captain Gary
New Member
- Aug 20, 2018
- 26
- Boat Info
- 1999 260 Sundancer, 7.4 Litre 454 MPI Single Screw Bravo III Stern Drive; Reformed Sailor!
- Engines
- 7.4 MPI 454 Mercruiser; Bravo III Stern Drive
Hi all,
The sliding cabin companionway hatch on my 1999 260 Sundancer is rubbing on the cutout it slides into behind the steering and instrument panel. It's only the nose of the bottom step that has started to rub. Tt's scratching the fiberglass nose of the step and leaving a black streak (probably due to the aluminum trim on the cutout). It looks like hell and is leaving scratches but it also makes it very hard to slide it open and closed. In fact my wife can't budge it.
Sorry if I'm not explaining this well, I will try to get some pictures tonight, but if you have a Sundancer around this model year or later with a sliding hatch you will know what I mean.
Has anyone else had this problem and is there anyway to fix? The slide track looks fine and everything is tight and in it's proper place. There is no damage that would have caused this that I can see. It just looks like the clearance was too tight and now is rubbing.
The sliding cabin companionway hatch on my 1999 260 Sundancer is rubbing on the cutout it slides into behind the steering and instrument panel. It's only the nose of the bottom step that has started to rub. Tt's scratching the fiberglass nose of the step and leaving a black streak (probably due to the aluminum trim on the cutout). It looks like hell and is leaving scratches but it also makes it very hard to slide it open and closed. In fact my wife can't budge it.
Sorry if I'm not explaining this well, I will try to get some pictures tonight, but if you have a Sundancer around this model year or later with a sliding hatch you will know what I mean.
Has anyone else had this problem and is there anyway to fix? The slide track looks fine and everything is tight and in it's proper place. There is no damage that would have caused this that I can see. It just looks like the clearance was too tight and now is rubbing.