Date:         Sun, 11 Aug 2013 19:35:52 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: sliding door fix?
Comments: To: Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com>
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Sounds good to me. It's been a long, long time since I have dealt with the
problem, so I'm just guessing you're right. But since it worked for you,
that would be an educated guess.

Jim


On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote:

> This morning I needed to get a weed-eater out of my Westy and do some
> maintenance on it, having used it and transported back in the camper area.
> I discovered that my sliding door was stuck shut.  Some fiddling around
> with it I noticed that the rear latch was only popping out about  1/8".
> So, climbing inside I proceeded to remove the cover and insulation, etc.
> While dismantling everything I noticed how all this works but the cable
> adjustment device seemed like it works backward.  It also seemed like there
> should have been a similar device at the rear of this cable and sheath or
> some spacer to fit into that depression in the rear latch assembly.  My fix
> was to use three washers, split and re-flattened onto the end of the
> sheath.  That gave me enough tension for the latch mechanism to work great.
>
> Two and a half hours after starting it was all back together and working
> great.  Anyone know if there is supposed to be a spacer there?  I later
> looked at ETKA but its an assembly and not well represented.
>
> The maintenance on the weed-eater took 15 minutes.
>
>
> Alan Felder
> Austin TX
> 82 Diesel Westy
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