Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:35:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sliding door handles mystery
Comments: To: Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>
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I'm wondering how many bored-out-of-their-minds 9 year olds have yanked on
that handle and opened the slider while travelling?

On 6/15/07, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe it's there to aid in the final door-latching procedure, from the
> inside.
> Another possibility is that it is a rear-seat s*** handle.
>
> Sudhir
>
> On 6/15/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Ok, so why is the handle there??
> >
> > I have the post on my 81 Westy at that location, but no handle.
> >
> > When door is open, you can't use it, and when shut, it provides what
> purpose?
> >
> > By the time you slide door a little, it's hidden away between body and
> > slider door.
> >
> > Wha?
> >
> > And FWIW, I used plain old WB grease on upper/lower bearings/nylon
> > blocks, and popped off cover and lubed slider mechanism on rear arm.
> > Sure helped.
> >
> > Plus NOT knocking dust/dirt off my boots at bottom (runner for lower
> > bearing area) sure helps keep bearing from grinding! I whisk broom
> > that area out from time to time when camping.
> >
> > Plus I can see now how one would want to use a lubricant that isn't
> > like, uh, black, and would, like, uh, possibly get on your
> > hands/clothes.
> >
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
> > On 6/14/07, BJ Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:
> > > >> Can cnyone send a url with a picture of where it is please? <<
> > >
> > > Here you go: http://www.feddishbasses.com/vw/handle.html
> > >
> > > >> I LIKE the idea of being to close the door quietly from inside -
> > > especially in camp grounds. <<
> > >
> > > I think the sliding door is too load no matter what. I always exit and
> enter
> > > via the passenger side door late at night and early in the morning.
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > >
> >
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
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