Bahia 46: Bahia 46 Sliding Door

[Gaelen]

Anyone have a fix for the sliding door apparently now grinding on the frame as it slides? Sounds terrible and is difficult to open and close.

The locking pin also seems to have begun to hang low as you can now hear it clicking past each of the holes in the frame. If someone knows where to grab a fully new locking mechanism, I'd be up for completely replacing the guts.

Thx

[Bill4]

The only time the door on our Bahia started grinding on the bottom of the frame was when dirt got down there. Cleaning out the channel that the door slides in solved the problem but I'm assuming you've already tried that?

The locking mechanism I can't help with - maybe Fountaine Pajot could supply a replacement? But as a temporary 'fix' you could try locking the pin in the up position every time you unlock the door.

Just a word of caution, if you remove the aluminium rectangular cover plate that covers the horizontal and vertical sliders, be aware that there is a small spring and a small ball bearing in there. Don't ask me how I know...

[Rapanui]

If it is like the Athena, the door runs in a U shaped flock lined rubber channel inside the aluminium channel. This eventually wears away and the door drops with aluminium on aluminiom grinding. The flock lined rubber is used in older vehicles for sliding windows etc so firms who supply stuff for restoring old vehicles will have it. Failing that go direct to FP.

[captainjay]

There are also rollers in the bottom of the doors. They get stuck start dragging and wear out. Then the door drops and the latch drags.

Take the door down and inspect it. If they are still the rollers on the current door you can get them from FP. If not you will have to have them fabricated. It has been to long since I had a Bahia door down to remember for sure which rollers they used.

[Skorpi1966]

Originally Posted by Gaelen

Anyone have a fix for the sliding door apparently now grinding on the frame as it slides? Sounds terrible and is difficult to open and close.

The locking pin also seems to have begun to hang low as you can now hear it clicking past each of the holes in the frame. If someone knows where to grab a fully new locking mechanism, I'd be up for completely replacing the guts.

Thx

I removed the door on my Bahia 2002 and made new plastic rails.
The door does not run on rollers but rather on plastic guides.
If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know :-)

Best regards