Where is the best place, ($, Selection) to purchase a hatch lift screw jack? Mine is on it's last leg. It's ~46.5 " extended, ~ 26.5" retracted!
Thanks,
Dean

Have you disassembled it and regreased the screw?

cpperformance.

mine was messed up if you take the bottom apart to get to the armature and brushes you should see a bi-metal strip with contacts on it, what this does is open and acts like a breaker and the actuator won't work until it resests by cooling if this piece is faulty eliminate it and the act. should work it's protected by a fuse anyway.

Last summer I sent mine over to a local electric motor repair place, they put a rebuilt motor on it for about $75. Open yellow pages and look for small electric motor repair shops, the motor is more than likely a Warner brand, ask if they fix/repair.

Guys,
What do you do if the actuator fails when it is closed, how do you open the engine cover to get to it?

Mine is made by Lenco Marine. I had a problem with mine and I sent it to them. They refurbished the unit for $30. Great customer service too.

I have a access hole underneath the cushion. If anything happens I unbolt it and open up the hatch manually.

Darn good idea about the hole under the cover. I'm more worried about battery trouble than the hatch motor breaking. I just bought my boat and the seller had removed the electric screw completely and replaced the entire mech. with two tubes with spaced holes he sticks a giant screwdriver through.

I must say that works much quicker to open the hatch than waiting for an automatic screw opener to cycle. The seller gave me the original screw assembly, but said it "operated real slow and would quit working after a couple cycles". Sounded like a classic overthermal condition.

I took every last piece apart of the screw and motor and all I found suspect was grease that had hardened like dry Playdough. The brushes were ok but the armature shaft bushings were bone dry.

Rebuild prices mentioned here sound real reasonable, but the motor may not be the culprit.

HTH.

p.s. I'm still not sure if I want to put the screw jack back in unless it would be to impress other boaters that I don't have some cheap old bare-bones boat that hasn't even got the basic options. ;-)

Ditto, I just unsnap my sunpad and open up the access hole and pull the pin off the actuator.