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298VISTA2000
PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:44 am 
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I have a 2000 298 Vista with the sliding companionway door and it has started to squeak when I slide it. Has anyone else run into this problem and what did you do to fix it? Thanks.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:19 am 
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I sprayed the upper and lower companionway door tracks with WD40 and it made it a little quieter and smoother to open and close, but the bottom track still squeaks quite a bit. Probably a small rock making all the noises (puts the fingernails to chalkboard to shame).

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Are you sure its the tracks? I had a squeak when opening & closeing, it ended up being the fiberglass cut out for the door didnt have enough clearence & would rub.Just a thought
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CTXFIRE wrote:
Are you sure its the tracks? I had a squeak when opening & closeing, it ended up being the fiberglass cut out for the door didnt have enough clearence & would rub.Just a thought


I didn't see any rubbing on the companionway door, but I did notice that it was awful close to the fiberglass cut out. It just started to squeak so maybe it hasn't had time to mar the door yet. I will see if I can reset the door further back on the tracks. Good idea. Thanks.

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Update: The companionway door to my 298 Vista no longer squeaks. The door was on the tracks, but apparently the WD40 did the trick. Slides smooth as silk. Thanks.

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