:: Trouble with the old style Santana 22 cabin hatch.

:: The tracks used for this are out of production.

:: Naturally so are the slide cars that attach the hatch.

:: What puzzles me is the method by which these hold on the
:: hatch and how they were ever supposed to be removed in
:: order to remove the hatch. The ends of the screws that
:: go through the hatch and into the slides are flattened
:: at the ends and the last part of the threads are
:: stripped. There is a nut trapped on this screw, below
:: the hatch and above the slide. My thought is that the
:: idea is to put some flat wrench on this nut and
:: tightening the screw, trap the hatch between the head of
:: the screw and the nut. This would engage the hatch at
:: four points and allow the slides to slide.

:: But how do you remove them? Tightening or loosening the
:: screw and nut does not provide enought room for the
:: hatch to lift off.
::
:: I have found slide cars that I have been able to modify
:: and make usable.

:: But I still am unable to wrap my head around how
:: threading a nut onto a screw, putting it through the
:: hole in the car, flattening and modifying the end of the
:: screw is supposed to work. Well...let me say, I can see
:: how to do all of that but then (even if all goes as
:: planned) I am left once again with a hatch that I either
:: can't remove or is so superficially engaged with the
:: cars as to be unsecureable
::
:: Anyone else out there going around on this
:: merry-go-round?

:: What am I missing?

:: Dan