the amusing and instructive thread on sliding door bearings is this one on the samba.
old terry kay goes down fighting :) alistair
On 10/16/2010 7:52 PM, Ian Allan wrote: > I actually have the VW part but while is was waiting for delivery I > made one up with a standard SKF bearing and a couple of fender > washers. Works great. I will sell the the VW part if you have lots of > money:-) >
OK, I will try to get pix posted to show the installed roller. I the mean time here is what I did: a) remove the broken VW roller from the axle that it revolves on. b) go to my local friendly machine shop and buy a bearing with the exact id and similar od c) install a fender washer with shaft size id and od larger than the bearing. d) install the bearing on the axle e) install another fender washer, a small normal washer and locktite the nut. the bearing runs on the body track and the fender washers keep it from falling off the track. After a year everything looks great. Sorry Roger, no drawing and no semi-nudes.
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