On Nov 5, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > I need to get behind the forward edge of the door panel on the > inside of > the sliding door on my '84 to access the stem of the door handle. It's > loose and feels mainly like the bolt is coming out. Or it may be > cracked. > Visual inspection is called for. > > I recall that the clips on my '71 aircooled bus had rusted badly > enough > that removal and re-attachment of the panel was iffy. Are there any > "gotchas" I need to be prepared for when I go to open this patient? Yep, you might need to replace many of the clip thingys. Ask moi how I know? The early "clips" for lack of the correct terminology break off easily as they are now plastique, not metal like the earlier westy interior panels. Even w/ my really good professional vanagon experienced body guy doing the removing, I had to order new ones from BD, have them flown in, so he could paint them to match the og ones, & install when I replaced my sliding door due to an "oops". That said, I have left several around the latch off after I had to replace my outside door handle after it broke it, & didn't want to replace any more if I had to access the latch again. You can access the latch w/o removing all the clips. Removing the clips also tends to muck up the panel unless you are really careful, use the proper fork like tool to remove. YMMV, Mr. BZ > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR Tom Buese tombuese@comcast.net |
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