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Date:         Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:36:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] door grease - '84 Westy Wolfy
Comments: To: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Snook <matt@greenbeard.us>
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I use spray silicone lube on window guide rails.

Went I want something 'slippy' but not oiley or greasey. whenever that is the requirement, I use silicone spary.

'marine silicone spray' if you see any of that stuff ...I would expect to be really good. Blocks ( pulleys ) on sailboats always need some lube - read a whole ariticle in a sailbaot magazine about how if you use say WD-40 ... it doesn't last , or things gum up ..but marine silicone spray - that was 'the' stuff to use.

Window crank handles are pretty easy to buy new. Lube the window regulator as best you can whenever the door panel is off. I use a spray synthetic grease for that.

scott

----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Snook To: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com ; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:34 PM Subject: [WetWesties] door grease - '84 Westy Wolfy

Wednesday during a trip from spring in the Willamette Valley down to late winter in Klamath County my driver's door window stuck - halfway closed or halfway open, depending upon your point of view. Since it was starting to snow, my view was that it was halfway open...

Inside the door is a sliding window guide and the guiderail. The guide had jumped off the rail, and would jam against it about halfway up. After it jammed I was trying to coax it to go one way or the other, and my handle broke.

Anyway, before I put the door back together, is there some lubricant to put on the rail and/or slider? Specifically, what do I avoid? I don't want to put something on there that will gum up later on.

Anybody have a handle for sale?

Matt

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