Roof Problem

[Betty1]

On a centre cockpit boat where the roof goes down, why can one person wind the roof up but it takes one person to wind and one to push the roof down.

 

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[SteveO]

Ours opens easily under its own weight and, if anything, has to be  restrained from rolling back too quickly. Look carefully at the little wheels that carry the sliding roof down the metal track on either side of the cockpit. You may find that one or more of them have become "derailed" over time.  If that is the case, they can usually be re-seated without too much difficulty.

 

[grendel]

or there may be a spring assist for closing

[Bound2Please]

and the bearings seize in the rollers