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Date:         Mon, 09 Jun 1997 11:54:32 -0700
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From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@likeminds.com>
Subject:      Re: window sliders - '91 Westfalia

At 01:21 PM 6/9/97 -0500, Kelly Bauman wrote: >At 11:49 09-06-97 -0500, Blaine Bachman wrote: >> >> 2. I'm betting that wear of the Nylon slides is the reason my windows >> sound like the dreaded "fingernails-on-chalkboard" when I open and >> close them. Garth seemed to intimate that the required number of >> these thingies is 8 per vehicle; true? >> >Ditto. My wife wanted me to ask the list if anyone had any brilliant >suggestions for getting rid of this hideous sound. I thought of WD40 but >over time it will attract a great deal of dust and dirt. Any other >suggestions out there?

I am fairly certain that the sound comes from the plastic edge running vertically up between the windows, and *not* the track that the window slides in. I don't think that you would want to add any sort of lubricant to this, as it would smear on the window when you slid it back and forth.

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