Date:         Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:54:31 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
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From:         Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Subject:      Re: skylight flex arm repair
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>Epoxyed regular button on the arms in place of the little worn out wheels
per a list suggestion.<

you mean like buttons from a shirt?

Mick Kalber
89 Syncro Westy "Daddy-O"
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of mike miller
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 6:46 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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