Date:         Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:24:25 -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: Sliding door adjustment
Comments: To: colorworks@GCI.NET
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Sounds like you're gettin' it.
that adjustment sure is somewhat obtuse to me.

re the innner door panel..
those are rare , often missing from good vans.
I'd say don't throw the old one away.

I also like to but some ruberized sound deadening material on the inside of
the sliding door. ..
and hard faom insulation sometimes, but never fiberglass insulation.

either my mind is not german enough,
or those instructions kinda jump around a bit and are hard to follow.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Troy" <colorworks@GCI.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: Sliding door adjustment


> Yes, I did start at 58.11. The description there then leads to procedure
> "C"
> on 58.15. What was not exactly clear is how loosening the hinge would
> allow
> for height adjustment. Well, it doesn't. Loosening the hinge is for the
> gap
> adjustment. What I just discovered by accident is if you loosen the
> striker
> plate pin, the whole thing moves up and down, and that I believe adjusts
> the
> height as well as the flushness (is that a word?) of the sliding door
> relative to the body. I think! Now I understand why they say to measure,
> as
> when you loosen the pin the whole thing flops around in the breeze. The
> Bentley is not always very clear on things, so that's why I find it best
> to
> ask if anyone's actually done certain procedures. Usually, then there's
> something that clicks and you then you understand.  I'll report back after
> torturing myself a bit! Learning a bunch at the moment. I'm also wondering
> if it was customary to have panel clips in the center of the large panel?
> Mine has none, as is bowed so badly that it actually scrapes on the fender
> well and is removing paint. Me thinks it's time to replace that panel
> before
> I lose any more paint off the van and start rusting things!  I'm going to
> post this to the list as well, as who knows if somebody else may benefit
> from reading this.
>
> Troy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> To: <colorworks@gci.net>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Sliding door adjustment
>
>
>> At 07:56 PM 7/7/2010 Wednesday, Troy wrote:
>>>I have a question about adjusting the sliding door on an 89 vanagon
>>>westy.
>>>The rear of my sliding door is low and also does not sit flush with the
>>>main body of the van. I was reading through the Bentley 58:16 and 58:17
>>>and having a little difficulty understanding the procedure for
>>>adjustment.
>>
>> Perhaps that is because you need to start reading at 58.11 and then
>> continue at 58.14...
>>
>>>  Does one adjust the striker plate or hinge or both? Is this a
>>> two-person
>>> job or can one person do it? If the striker plate needs to be adjusted,
>>> it appears that there are some very large Phillips head screws there,
>>> are
>>> those #2 or #3
>>
>> If you're talking about the screws holding the latch onto the door, those
>> are #3.  I don't think those get moved during door adjustment, though.
>>
>> Yours,
>> David
>>
>>
>>