Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:12:41 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: The sliding door's Bowden tube thingy
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Nah, I'm just hypersensitive from being jumped on by Listees. No problem.
:)
On 6/15/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> My apologies -- I didn't think you were rude at all. My answer was meant
> in the spirit of humor. I'm a clumsy writer most of the time.
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>
> On 6/15/2007 12:33 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
> > I wasn't meaning to be rude Mike, just pointing out the limitations of
> > the device. VW wasn't happy with its operation so they redesigned it.
> > Unless you've experienced another early van's door and found it to be
> > markedly superior, your door may be as good as it's going to get.
> >
> > On 6/15/07, *Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott* <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Not quite the solution I was looking for . . but thanks, anyway?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > KG6RCR
> >
> > On 6/15/2007 12:15 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:
> >
> > > Replace the 84 with an 86 and up and you get a vastly improved
> slider
> > > with with click and slide locking action too!
> > >
> > > Quieter, smoother & with shorter throws.
> > >
> > > Sorry, Mike, my 84 retains the longer throws despite careful
> > adjustment.
> > >
> > > On 6/15/07, *Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott* <
> > camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com
> > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Have to push on the handle of the 84's sliding door pretty
> > hard to get
> > > the sliding door to unlatch. It's not that the handle is hard
> > to turn,
> > > it's not. It's just that the handle turns a lot before the
> door
> > > unlatches.
> > >
> > > I have the inner cover off the door and see what the
> > Bentley's calls the
> > > Bowden tube. Turning the cable's adjusting nut so that the
> > outer sheath
> > > of the tube is all the way forward, and the handle can't
> > unlatch the
> > > door at all. Turning it all the way rearward, and the handle
> > can unlatch
> > > it, but it does require that the handle be pushed nearly all
> > the way to
> > > its stop before the latch releases and forces the door away
> > from the
> > > frame.
> > >
> > > Is there some other adjustment that can be made to this cable
> > to maybe
> > > shorten it?
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan
> Capistrano
> > > KG6RCR
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jake
> > > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> > <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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