Yes, spray the belt.
 
 
In a message dated 7/10/2013 11:55:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
marlangreen at gmail.com writes:

So, when  you say "spray the belt" do you mean spray the seat-belt - like
material  that wraps around the winch in the lazarette, passes through the
slot and  attaches to the fiberglass motor mount that rides up the rails?

Do you  think spraying the belt helps because of friction as it passes over
and  through the slot?

On another note, my belt only goes over and into the  slot. There is a
stainless steel round bar above the slot and I've wondered  if the belt
should pass over that before going into the slot. Any  thoughts?

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of this to share  with the group.
I'll take some next weekend when I'm at the  boat.

Marlan
s/v Nauti Boat
Mayo, MD

On Wed, Jul 10,  2013 at 11:47 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> That's  funny. I had the same problem with the lift and finally as a last
>  resort sprayed the belt. I guess that's why we have the Rhodes  list.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated  7/10/2013 10:54:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> LKUHN at cnmc.org  writes:
>
> Rummy,
>
> I've been using a silicone  spray to lube the poptop  arms and mast
> connector,
> and  the rails for the motor lift.  It's  worked great for the poptop  but
> only
> helped a little for the motor  lift.  I  assumed my motor was too heavy 
and
> my
> winch too weak and  my  rails too crooked.  Out of all the bells and
>  whistles
> Stan put on my  boat it was the only thing that didn't  work as 
advertised.
>
> Turns out it  was user  error.
>
> It's taken me over a year to take your advice but  I  finally saturated 
the
> rails and belt with WD40.  The dang  lift now  works like it's brand new.
> It's a little messy but then  so am I.  I  took Mary Lou's advice and 
bought
> some  Sail-Cote for the poptop.  It's  4X the price of WD40 but works  
well
> and
> is invisible.  West Marine  claims that  WD40 doesn't work well in a salt
> water envrionment but I'll be   the miserly judge of that.
>
> Big thanks!  Next time you're  up this  way I'll buy you some lubrication
> for
> your  throat.
>
> Lee
> 1986  Rhodes22  AT EASE
>  Kent Island, MD
>
>
> Jun 10, 2012; 11:48am—  by   R22RumRunner
> I noticed recently that my electric motor lift was   straining to bring 
the
>
> motor to the full upright position.  At  first I thought the motor was 
about
>
> to quit or I had  a bad  electrical connection. Nothing I did seemed to  
make
>
> a  difference. Then I saw the can of WD40 and gave  the slides and also 
the
> belt a  good soaking. GUESS what? It  immediately solved the problem.  So,
> if
> you have  the  new electric lift from Stan and notice any loss  in
>  performance,
> just give it a  thorough soaking with WD40.
>  There was no wind on Hartwell Saturday, so it was a good day for
>  projects.
>
> Rummy
>
>
>
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