Date:         Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:20:55 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         michael.heron@utoronto.ca (Michael Heron)
Subject:      Re: Stuck sliding door on Buss'

chris or todd:

what year is the bus that the sliding door is the problem on?


>Todd writes:
>/Also -- does anyone have any suggestions/resources on the latches
>/on the side door? The back latch doesn't want to let go with out
>/banging from the outside, and all the books I have say to let
>/the dealer take care of it.  I've squirted WD-40 in the latches
>/from the outside, but that's about it.
>
>I have also hadd a time when the back of the door would bind when
>opening, but I could not diagnose the problem. Until I tried
>to fix some other stuff and I discovered that I was missing some
>of the bolts that hold it on! They get loose (all that banging open
>and closed) and fall out. You cant really tell because the door
>is so heavy that it just sits out of kilter. Look for missing
>bolts (dashboard mounting screws are the same) by trying to
>lift the rear of the door.
>
>I have tightened mine, even tried loctite, but they still
>come loose every couple of years and need to be tightened.
>
>Also try wheel bearing grease in the upper, middle, and lower
>track. It will collect dust in the lower track, but
>workslonger than WD-40. Mabye just WD-40 in the lower track.
>--
>--- Chris Chubb (cchubb@ida.org) - (703)-845-2287 [Alexandria, VA, USA]
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