Cabin door motor mechanism
 

Does anybody know what mechanism Cigarette uses to motorize their cabin doors? I was thinking about doing an upgrade project to motorize my Bullet door. Any suggestions?

You need a linear actuator. how big is the door? Got a pic?

It's a worm gear and has several coutom brackets. I had to change all the screws to thru bolts and add a bracket to mine because it was always coming loose and falling off :mad:

The new ones are hydraulic with pressure supplied by a mercury trim pump mounted underneath the helm.

That would be a cool upgrade. Keep us posted on the progress. Take pictures when you do it. You might start a trend.

do they have a manual over ride?

Does anybody have any pictures of how it is rigged or what the mechanism looks like behind the passenger's console? That would be extremely helpful.

Is there a simple fix to a terribly constipated cabin door to speed it up and smooth out its operation?
2002 35 Playboy.


Damn thing sounds like it grinding rocks every time it moves.

More crap to shake loose and break. I wouldn't bother.

That's a lot of help. If we dumped all the crap that can shake loose and break we would be left with an oar.

Same thing happened to mine. I found out that the aluminum bracket that holds the worm gear was bent from someone holding the close switch too long when the door meets the stop. We took the mounting screws out and replaced them with small bolts, made a heavier aluminum bracket, lubricated the worm gear & track and then swapped the bottom rollers out for the top rollers. Evidently they went unseviced for a while and wore flat spots on them which caused the door to grind and jump every once in a while when the roller actually decided to roll. It didn't speed the door up, but it was smooth as glass and a lot more quiet.

Sorry for sounding negative. I've repaired a number of the mechanical and hydraulic Cigarette doors in the past. The engineering left a bad taste in my mouth for the added bling factor. We always had to add the thru bolts and modified brackets to get things to be more reliable. The rollers even on the original design are ok if serviced but eventually need replaced as they flat spot from the pounding. Good luck with your project.

How do you get to the rollers to replace them?

I would like to know as well, I have an 04 Top Gun. Pics would be nice,

Behind the passenger dash panel