Hi John, It takes a lot of force to get that out of the groove sometimes. I usually hit it with a hammer. Well, not exactly. What I do is place a softwood 1x6 under the cover and then hit THAT with a hammer. The wood cushions the blow and makes sure that nothing is dented.
Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato www.pottsfamily.ca www.busesofthecorn.com
On 23-May-07, at 8:42 AM, John Graham wrote: > Recently I noticed a metallic 'clack' noise when closing the side > door just > before the rear edge of the door starts to pull in toward the > body. I think > that what has happened is that the sliding mechanism used to have > some sort > of rubber bumper on a stop part at the forward end of the track. > And that > rubber bumper part has fallen off - hence the 'clack' as the door > finally > closes. And yes I'd like to fix this. > > So I decide if I can take the cover off of the sliding track on the > side, so > I can see what's up. I've removed the two phillips head screws > that hold > the cover on from the bottom and I think that's all there is in the > way of > fasteners. My problem is how to get the cover off without damaging > it. I > have in hand a new length of plastic beading to replace what's > there. Is > there a trick to getting the cover off? > > TIA > > John Graham > 88 Westy - Hathaway > Charlotte, NC |
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