Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 07:36:35 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: sliding door issue, 81 Air Cooled.
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Drop by anytime Frank, and test the door. Smooth AND quiet. We aren't
living in Ontario here! =)
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 23/05/2009 9:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> Wanna bet ? There are at least a million parts give or take a few
> in the middle, lower and upper slider mechanisms that are worn and need
> replacing. How old it that AC bus ? AND, how may times do you think that
> door has opened and closed in it's lifetime. ALL the bearings, three in
> the
> middle mechanism and one in the lower mechanism and one in the top
> mechanism are SEALED bearings. If you think they still have any grease
> left in
> them then your not thinking too clearly. Greasing or spraying with
> whatever
> will not get any lubrication into the bearings, if it does then the seal's
> gone and so is the bearing races. All that lubrication your shooting in
> there is doing only two things, gathering crud for the rollers to run over
> making it even harder to open and close and maybe slowing down the rust of
> the
> tracks. Yes, rust in the tracks, yikes who would have thnunk ? Not the
> engineers as they figured running steel rollers on a painted surface was
> gonna work - for a week - maybe ! So now, take off that slider cover and
> have a "real" look at what's going on ! The whole mechanism needs to come
> off and taken apart and rebuilt or replaced. Don't forget the bronze
> bushings that have cracked in the two pin joints. Those bronze bushings
> are
> unobtainium unless you have a machine shop nearby who will make them for
> you
> then get your check book ready ! Better to get a whole new assembly from
> VW
> while they still have them ! For a list of available parts and their
> Canadian dollar prices from VW see my _Vanagon New Parts_
> (http://frankcondelli.com/sales.htm) webpage "Sliding Door Hardware"
> listing. Those prices are
> from recent purchases as i just rebuilt one of these mechanisms on an '87
> Syncro this week. Some of the parts in the mechanism of the early AC and
> waterboxer vans are different, so beware !
>
>
>
> >>>>>In my experience, there's really no need to disassemble
> anything.<<<<<
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
> (http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
> _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html) -
> Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
> (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
> _BusFusion_ (http://www.busfusion.com/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping
> event, Almonte, ON, June 11 ~ 14, 2009
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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