thought I would share my experience. I usually ‘exercise’ my sun/moon roof, after i did a thorough cleaning of everything, when i first got this machine. Everything worked well, but i greased everything, cleaned out the drains, the usual.
Today, i kicked it into ‘vent’ mode, and it lodged stuck… almost a if something was jammed. Ok. no rain next few days, time to sort it out…. but i wanted to fix it asap.
It’s kind of cool how easy the glass is removed.
So i did my best to clean all of this:
There are a few things that slide up and down this track…. if you get stuck opening the vent, it’s because there is a bit of corrosion on the track. After taking out the 4 10mm bolts, to remove the glass, i started soaking everything…
Then i used a brass brush to clean the corrosion off of the spot you can see here:
there is a piece that you can see in the photos.. that slides on the aluminum track.. i bet this is a common issue.. i soaked this as much a possible, and even tapped it back and forth a bit, with light taps. this part has to move easily, it seems, or the motor just locks up, trying to push it.
after soaking this, I got full action for everything.. then i did my best to clean it, and rub off the corrosion on the track.
Today, i kicked it into ‘vent’ mode, and it lodged stuck… almost a if something was jammed. Ok. no rain next few days, time to sort it out…. but i wanted to fix it asap.
It’s kind of cool how easy the glass is removed.
So i did my best to clean all of this:
There are a few things that slide up and down this track…. if you get stuck opening the vent, it’s because there is a bit of corrosion on the track. After taking out the 4 10mm bolts, to remove the glass, i started soaking everything…
Then i used a brass brush to clean the corrosion off of the spot you can see here:
there is a piece that you can see in the photos.. that slides on the aluminum track.. i bet this is a common issue.. i soaked this as much a possible, and even tapped it back and forth a bit, with light taps. this part has to move easily, it seems, or the motor just locks up, trying to push it.
after soaking this, I got full action for everything.. then i did my best to clean it, and rub off the corrosion on the track.
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