Date:         Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:57:43 -0500
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject:      troubleshooting sliding door operation
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My '86 wolfsburg model sliding door is finicky about being closed
just right.  Too hard and it "bounces" open, too soft and it doesn't'
latch all the way.  I looked at all the Bentley stuff on it, and it
appears to be properly aligned.  I looked at the latch mechanism at
the rear of the door.  There is the part that rotates and grabs the
post on the van body (I will call that the latch), and the part that
holds the rotating part once it has latched on the post ( I will call
that the pawl).  The pawl action seemed a little sluggish, so I used
some WD40 on the pivot points of both it, and the latch.  No
change.  Any advice?

Edward