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Date:   Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:34:45 -0800
Reply-To:   Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:   Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:   Re: sliding door... please help
Comments:   To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
Comments:   cc: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
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It helps, but the tape ain't a decade long solution. Wear is happening. I played around with making delrin rollers, that helped too ( I think it's mentioned in the blog post you linked). But I neglected to try replacing the two smaller rollers that run horizontally in the middle track (post 85 vans). I think a fair bit of noise comes from them.

And yes, damping the resonances in the sliding door skin makes a big difference.

Alistair

> On Dec 4, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I love this list! My door started doing this this summer, and is on my list. I had no clue what it was, and likely would not have figured it out looking for a missing part like this. > > Time for new rollers too and I also want to do Alistair's HDPE tape in the lower track. How's that working out Alistair? > https://shufti.blog/?s=roller and https://shufti.blog/2012/08/23/vanagon-sliding-door-quietening-hack/ > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dan N > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 10:03 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: sliding door... please help > > thanks... > > time to service the roller bearings, clean and grease the rails etc etc too > - not just pop that piece of rubber in.. right? >


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