Cabin door rail? in 310 EC

oscar1

I having some issue with my cabin door rail getting real hard to close or open the door. So i am wonder if anyone  replaces the bottom rail of the door and where do you order the repair parts, plus  how can i removes the door out of the track. any ideas will be appreciate. thx

Pat310

Have you tried lubricating the track?  Previous owner smeared grease in mine and was a pain to open and close. Someone here suggested WD-40. Cleaned the track of the grease as best I could and sprayed with WD. Big improvement 

Dream_Inn

If you haven't cleaned it, first take your time and clean it over and over until all the black is out.  Could take an hour or longer.  Then use some type of silicon spray.  I've seen really bad doors slide much easier after this process.

oscar1

i will do a deep cleaning this week. thx

aero3113

Maybe spray it down with some Purple Power to loosen everything up. Let it sit for a few minutes then hose it off. Wipe everything down and see how it works. Lube as a last resort because dirt will end up sticking to it.

YYZRC

Agreed with @aero3113. I soaked mine with purple power and then hosed it out real good. Repeat about ten times. 

Spyderweb

If you “hose it out”, where does that yucky water go?

YYZRC

Into the cockpit.

Handymans342

I used a dry spray lube with PTFE

rasbury

Been down this road. .on the 270 there are some small screws and I certs for the bottom slider but- probably don't need to fix it. On mine anyway, I noticed that the screws that hold the bottom track were lose so I got in there and fixed that! Door would not move. The track which should be flat is mounted on a hull that is curved..so some more stretching and some washers I got it leveled out and works much better...

Aqua_Aura

rasbury said:

Been down this road. .on the 270 there are some small screws and I certs for the bottom slider but- probably don't need to fix it. On mine anyway, I noticed that the screws that hold the bottom track were lose so I got in there and fixed that! Door would not move. The track which should be flat is mounted on a hull that is curved..so some more stretching and some washers I got it leveled out and works much better...

This might be my issue. Door is hard to open or close at times for the last 6 inches. I'll take a closer look. 

oscar1

my too

aero3113

My old 242 cabin door was very hard to slide. I removed the screws holding the bottom track and it opened and closed without any force. The track still stayed in place without the screws.

Michael T

As Ras said the bottom track can be off in relation to the bottom of the sliding acrylic door. My 2014 EC 310s door was pa pain to close until I adjusted the bottom track and I believe there were some what are referred to as "trucks" or sliders on the bottom of the door. I think mine were black. Anyway when I finished adjusting it closed to fast I to put some clear door stops like you use on kitchen cupboards on the frame as I was afraid someone would shatter the door - so, yes you can certainly adjust that door and track.