Date:         Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:57:50 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sliding door repair
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> I pulled the latch off, and super glued the nut back in. Wish I would have
> taken pictures, because that was a trick. I had to get superglue on only
> the face, and not the threads or my finger. Of course, I dropped the nut
> down in the door a couple of times.
> Anyone have a better way to fix this?

I can only suggest a rigorous application of prayer and ritual chicken
sacrifice to keep those nuts in place. Both of mine were loose when I
bought my van, and no amount of struggling from the outside would
convince the upper one to tighten. Even when I finally wormed my hand
in there behind to hold the nut while I turned the bolt, I couldn't
hold it tight enough to keep it from spinning. In a moment of
desperation I decided to try the top bolt in the bottom and the bottom
bolt in the top. For some strange reason that worked and both
tightened up. Hopefully, they'll never come loose again. I'd glue the
threads, but think what that'd mean if you even wanted to replace the
latch mechanism!

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"