hi Richard, here what I did for the front, will be same for the aft... I put a bottom jack under the door near the front (with a piece of wood as cushion), I raise the jack up till it touches the door firm with no play, I loosen the bolts, raise the jack up some more (about 1/2" in my case), tighten the bolts, lower the jack, remove it and test the door. Repeat if it's not enough our too much.. dan On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 2:51 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > My slider door on my '85 Vanagon has needed a little adjustment in > height....for like 30 years! (I was about 1/10" or 2 mm too low; showed > scuffing of aluminum trim strip down on the floor; also visually....I could > always tell the waistlines didn't match up quite right. Reason was a paint > job 30 years ago; they took off the slider door and everything; but didn't > put it back together exactly right.) > > Just went out to garage and fixed it. > Forward adjustment is easy. Three Hex fasteners. Loosen....lift a > little...re-tighten. > Aft adjustment....Man!....what a can of worms!!! I loosened the 2 hex > bolts holding the waistline bearing assembly at aft end of Slider Door. > Instantly, it dropped. Uh-oh. Door is now all wonky....can barely > move....what the heck did I just do? > Now, Bentley clearly says it's a 2-man job right there at the top of the > page. But I was solo. Watched how everything back there moves and pivots > when those 2 hex bolts are loose and assembly is free to move. Anyway, > after lots of trial and error, it's all working good; better than ever > actually since I've owned the van. Was pretty gloomy though for about an > hour when everything seemed to be binding up and all; basically, that pivot > hinge with the torsional spring at the aft end of door?....definitely needs > to be exactly VERTICAL. And that slider door is heavy; hard to lift and > hold (should have used a floor jack) while tightening those hex bolts by > yourself. Always learning. > > > Rich > San Diego > |
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