Very cool ~ how about an ACE PartNumber & WasherSpecs
On 29 Jul , 2013, at 9:27 PM, Tom Boldway wrote: > Went to do the tape mod on the slider door middle body track today > as I had purchased the tape already. Started taking things apart to > clean the last bit of track at the forward end. Was proving > difficult to get the latch assy out. Was looking at the new plastic > "guide" at the rearmost end of the moving latch. Remembered I had a > nylon ball bearing pulley inside that I purchased from ACE hardware > a few months back for another project - went in and found it - turns > out it is a perfect fit (raises rear of door by about 1 millimeter). > - just enough to lift slider metal roller buried inside the latch > off the metal track. So, now that part of the door is very quiet. > Next is to attack the bottom rollers. Here's a few pictures of the > roller mod - remember this is for pre-85 vans only I think. > > http://www.pbase.com/spacecommander/image/151583637 > > http://www.pbase.com/spacecommander/image/151583639 > > Hope this helps somebody. Took all of about 15 min to do all this > including determining washer spacing. > > > Tom > > '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" > '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny Norman" > '86 Alfa Romeo Spider "Dinsdale" > '98 Mercedes E320 wagon "Silver Hornet" > |
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