Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:47:29 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The sliding door's Bowden tube thingy
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <71d9cdf90706151233w7155cb0dj8a9bb9650303788f@mail.gmail.com>
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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>