Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2000 00:00:17 +0100
Reply-To:     Robin Oomkes <robin.oomkes@EURONET.NL>
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From:         Robin Oomkes <robin.oomkes@EURONET.NL>
Subject:      Re: Sliding Door Handle
Comments: To: "ThomasD. Hanlon" <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Tom,

If you really can't get hold of the plastic discs I'll see if I can find a
Transporter in a Plunderhof here and I'll stick some in an envelope. Hope
they're not Westy-specific.

Regards,
Robin

ThomasD. Hanlon wrote:

> Listees,
>
> Instead of the sliding door handle being situated at the normal 9
> o'clock and 3 o'clock position, it is now drooping to a 7 o'clock and 1
> o'clock position.  Opening the door is becoming increasingly difficult,
> especially in the cold I experienced in two trips North, one 3,500 r/t
> miles to Banff, Canada and one 3,500 r/t to St.Louis via San Antonio,
> within the last two months..
>
> Removal of the panel on the door interior, to access the mechanism,
> looks to be simple enough, but the local VW dealer has a "no longer
> available" report on the clips (beige plastic discs) for the panel, and
> I am sure I will break more than one.
>
> Has anyone had a similar situation with the sliding door handle?
> Sources for the parts and for the clips?  Bentley and Haynes  provide
> sufficient information to replace the mechanism.  The problem appears to
> me to be a worn element, though, probably the shaft of the handle, and a
> minor component to replace, if the panel can be removed without too much
> damage, using the "tableknife" technique posted on the List recently.
>
> Tom Hanlon
> Palm Springs, CA
> 84 Westy
>
> .