Sticky Swing Hatch
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Yak Yak Yak
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Printed Date: 16 Jun 2026 at 10:57pm
Topic: Sticky Swing Hatch
Posted By: Slab
Subject: Sticky Swing Hatch
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2004 at 10:14am
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Any of you Swing owners got a tip on stopping the small day hatch in front of the seat sticking? It works fine untill I sit my ample posterior in the yak at which stage it is a bit of a nightmare to remove. It feels like the plastic cockpit area streches a bit when sitting on the seat making it hard to unscrew. I can remove it by lifting my weight off the seat, not ideal in sloppy conditions.
Any ideas. |
Replies:
Posted By: dreadeye
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2004 at 11:04am
| Maybe some foam bracing in between the seat and the bottom of the yak could reduce the flex? |
Posted By: Matt B
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2004 at 12:29pm
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reduce the size of your ample posterior? ------------- Put your vote where your mouth is. |
Posted By: DogFish
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2004 at 12:48pm
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A reasonably thick stainless steel backing ring fitted to the inside of the hatch cut-out may help stop any flexing? Otherwise dreadeye's suggestion may be worth trying out. DogFish
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Posted By: Slab
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2004 at 1:29pm
| Cheers Fellas, all good sugestions except Matt B's. |
Posted By: billybob
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2004 at 8:40pm
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Just put a little bit of Armor-All around the thread of the hatch lid and spin it in and out a couple of times. It'll be smooth 'as' after that. Try not to get any on the little rubber 'O' ring. |
Posted By: empty
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2004 at 9:28pm
 you can always get out and unscrew it ------------- what happened to the pissing man? |