System A (CB/slider)
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CB/Slider Systems
Installation Troubleshooting
CB/Slider Systems
Operation Troubleshooting
Clean beginning of season, or if cars bind. Squirt detergent and water into ball bearings. Circulate by moving cars up and
down. Let stand. To remove detergent, spray water into ball bearings and circulate. Clean tracks with detergent and water.
Do not use spray lubricants because ball bearings may skid, not roll. Once cars and tracks are dry, apply one to two
drops of McLube
®
OneDrop™ conditioner to ball contact surfaces of track. Roll car back and forth through OneDrop
several times to distribute onto bearings. Wipe remaining OneDrop off track. OneDrop is preferred, but you can also
use one to two drops of a light machine oil. Too much oil attracts dirt.
For additional safety, maintenance, and warranty information: www.harken.com/manuals or the Harken catalog.
Maintenance
Warranty
Problem
Probable Cause
Solution
Tracks do not butt up against each other.
Cut end of top or bottom track is at joint.
Make sure the anodized end is toward the
full-length track.
Track weight pulling tracks apart.
Tracks will come together when you loosen the
bottom screw and push the tracks up the mast.
Mounting slugs do not fit.
Slugs wrong size.
Different size slug required. Contact your dealer.
Mounting screws will not tighten.
Incorrect mounting slug used.
Different size slug required. Contact your dealer.
Track will not slide up mast.
Slugs catching on mast splice.
Loosen screws slightly. If necessary have someone
at splice area to wiggle the slug past the splice.
Corners of cut track catching.
Use file to round off corners of track.
Mast has too much prebend.
Ease backstay and/or straighten mast.
Paint or other material clogging mast groove.
Clean out groove.
CB/slider cars do not fit on track.
Track and cars are not the same size.
Contact your dealer or Harken.
CB cars do not fit on track.
Balls are missing.
Remove cars, load balls and slide cars back
on track.
Sail headboard does not fit inside coupler.
Ring was not pressed far enough.
Take sail to sailmaker.
Problem
Probable Cause
Solution
Cars bind.
Dirt in cars.
Use detergent and fresh water to flush dirt out of
cars; move cars up/down to circulate; follow with
high-pressure water; clean track grooves. Condition
balls using McLube One-Drop. See below.
Stud threaded too tightly into receptacle.
Back off threaded stud two turns.
Balls missing from car.
Remove cars, load balls and slide cars back on
track.
Mounting screws will not tighten.
Incorrect mounting slug used.
Get new 6 mm lock nut.
Batten receptacle does not rotate.
Nuts are too tight.
Loosen nuts slightly.
Cars jam when raising sail.
Headboard or cars are catching on lazy jacks.
Use topping lift or rod vang and shock cord to pull
lazy jacks out to shrouds.
Sail will not go all the way up.
Sail is too tall or sheave is too far forward.
Have sail shortened or move sheave aft.
Vertical post or pin on batten receptacle bending.
Reef loads are being transferred to batten recep-
tacle.
Transfer reef downhaul and outhaul loads to mast
or boom gooseneck.
Reef tack fitting will not reach reef hook.
Reef point too close to sail attachment.
Move intermediate car sail attachment.
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