Sticky Swing Hatch

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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.

 

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Maybe some foam bracing in between the seat and the bottom of the yak could reduce the flex?
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reduce the size of your ample posterior?
Put your vote where your mouth is.
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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.

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Cheers Fellas, all good sugestions except Matt B's.
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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.
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you can always get out and unscrew it
what happened to the pissing man?
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