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Date:         Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:58:56 -0400
Reply-To:     James Creech <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         James Creech <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM>
Subject:      Re: skylight flex arm repair
Comments: To: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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Thanks for the suggestion... So, the buttons once expoxied just slide across the metal, and don't roll as the wheels did?

Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:45 AM Subject: Re: skylight flex arm repair

> Epoxyed regular button on the arms in place of the little worn out wheels > per a list suggestion. So far so good and that was 6 months ago. > > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Creech" <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:05 PM > Subject: skylight flex arm repair > > > Has anyone been able to successfully re-tread or otherwise repair the small > wheels on the flex arm assembly for the skylight (the flex arms open and > close the skylight). Those two wheels appear from photos to have a small > "tread" - or at least they have a slightly larger diameter than mine, which > I suspect are worn down. The entire assembly is about $30, but my mom was a > Scot. Could some sort of wheel or disk be riveted in place of the worn out > ones, or perhaps an O-ring be slipped over the worn ones to increase the > diameter slightly. Being worn, the wheels on mine guide the flex arms out > of their channels. > > Jim Creech > 87 Westy


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