Date:         Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:24:59 -0600
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: old style slider door cheesball way to get it quieter.
Comments: To: Tom Boldway <jboldway@HOTMAIL.COM>
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        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"
>