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
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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>
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