Go down to your dealer, or VW mechanic, and buy yourself a new handle. Clean out all the leftover metal flaking left on the star after taking off the old handle. Screw the new handle on, and you should be as good as new. The handles are made of a softer metal, so that is what usually fails. Julianna 90 VW Vanagon Westfalia 76 VW Automatic Bay Westfalia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Berchin" <ctb1@PEOPLEPC.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:13 AM Subject: Front Window Skipping
> Has anyone had their manual windows skip on them? When I roll down my > passenger side window and then go to roll it back up, if I don't go slowly, > the mechanism skips a couple teeth, etc. Is there some adjustment that > might help this, or have I used up the useful life of my window mechanism > and need a new one? Thanks. > > Chris |
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