Jack, you sure it's not a worn door seal that's causing you problems? I removed my seal for bodywork/painting and I've noticed a marked difference in the quantity/quality of noise in the van. You might get some cheap weatherstripping and apply it strategically (on the corners to see if that stops the rattle. Just a thought. 8^) Joe
On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Jack Bradley wrote: > Just curious, but what are the tolerances supposed to be for > clearance between the top front roller on my sliding door (`70 bus) and the > rail in which it slides in? When driving down the road it rattles pretty > hard when I hit a bump or whatever. Is there supposed to be some kind of > bushing between the metal roller and the rail? I'd say that there is about > 1/8th of an inch on either side now. I'm fairly sure that it would be safe > to say that it's well worn.. > > Jack Bradley > (bugman@lava.net) > http://www.lava.net/~bugman > > `79 Triple Black SB conv. > `70 Westy > > ---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Fournier II <jfourni@comp.uark.edu> 501.575.7353 <a href="http://comp.uark.edu/~jfourni/"> Joe Fournier</a> ----------------------------------------------------------
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