Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:37:57 +0000
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
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I am going to do the old trick, when I get the chance, of putting painter's
tape all over the seals on the outside and take it off inch by inch,
driving at highway speed after each adjustment, until the offending spot is
found.
Jim
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 7:36 AM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Marc, if it's any consolation, I did my driver's door about five years
> ago, maybe four. I just never opened it until last summer. Since then, it
> whistles slightly! Go figure.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:50 PM Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you all must be right that something is out of spec with my
>> driver's side vent wing. That one whistled before and still whistles.
>> I did find, however, that the fit of the glass was tight and at an odd
>> angle. I pulled the whole assembly out, installed the glass into the
>> rubber with the vertical channel and the vent closed, and re-installed
>> it into the door, using, as Jim Felder recommended, plenty of dish
>> soap as lubricant. Doing so, everything slid into place very easily.
>> The problem is that the vent wings don't actually operate so smoothly
>> at this point. Perhaps that will change over time.
>>
>> I had another problem with the driver's side vent wing in that the
>> lead piece at the bottom had deformed oddly. I don't know where to get
>> a replacement for that part. That may be part of my problem as well.
>>
>> So, having gone through all of this, and now been criticized, albeit
>> indirectly, for not having done the install correctly, I have a
>> request of the vendors who sell these parts: Please include good
>> directions for how to install them. It would be a tremendous service
>> to our community. I know there aren't huge margins in sales of Vanagon
>> parts, so maybe we can help with the write-up?
>>
>> Thanks for all the feedback. It's good to know others haven't had the
>> horrible experience I had installing these. The main window seals were
>> easy, even taking off the door panels, but it took a whole weekend to
>> get all the seals done and I know it shouldn't have. And I know it's
>> not due to my incompetence.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:26 AM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> So maybe the question needs to be who made the seals you used? ALL
>> the
>> >> ones I have used came from the VW Bus Shop in Germany and look to be VW
>> >> originals. And I’ve installed quite a few.
>> >
>> >> Now you might be onto something. I believe I got them from Bus Depot,
>> >> but I'd have to check my records to be absolutely sure.
>> >
>> > The ones we sell are the same ones VW Bus Shop in Germany sells - OEM
>> German seals that are the same as the originals. We've sold them for
>> decades with no issues with fit or quality. In fact, while there are some
>> cheaper aftermarket Vanagon seals out there, I have yet to see a non-OEM
>> version of the vent wing seal, so to the best of my knowledge this would
>> have been the same seal no matter where you bought it. Therefore, I hate to
>> say it but I have to agree with Frank that this sounds like an installation
>> issue and/or something else relating to the vent wings that is out of spec.
>> I can't think of any other explanation..
>> >
>> > Ron Salmon
>> > The Bus Depot, Inc.
>> > www.busdepot.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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