Bully, >> What holds them in? << I think friction, at least at the start. When my sliding window end guides started to slip I put a drop or two of Crazy Glue on them and just reinserted them. Normally this worked fine. However in 1997 I noticed the ends were seriously eroding away, probably due to sunlight and UV radiation. I bought six new ones in 9/97 from the VW dealer: part number 281 847 723B @ $1.32 ea. These replacements are black plastic verses white on my stock 83.5 GL. I had to trim a bit of excess internal plastic to make them fit but it wasn't any big deal. I suppose there was a slight change between 1983 and the 1990's models. Also I don't recall whether I used glue on these or not. Garrett Adams 1983.5 Adventurewagen GL |
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