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Date:         Thu, 24 Jun 1999 07:21:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Eckie Prater <Eckie@PRATER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eckie Prater <Eckie@PRATER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sliding doors
Comments: To: kW <kokopellis@ATT.NET>
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I took the door panel off inside and adjusted the linkage. Eckie -----Original Message----- From: kW <kokopellis@ATT.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 2:29 AM Subject: Re: Sliding doors

>Ian Cameron wrote: >The sliding door on my '82 won't open. Well, it will if I hold the >handle in the 'open' position and belt the rear of the door from the >inside with the heel of my hand. But that's not very convenient. When >I pull the handle the rear of the door clicks and opens a cm or two, but >that's it. I've sprayed WD 40 on every point I can see. >------------------------= > >My neighbor has a 1983 westy that has the same problem. We tracked it >down to the round brass part of the lock mechanism that protrudes from >the rear edge of the sliding door. On my 82 this "piece" rotates freely >by hand. On his, it was stuck quite tight and could not be rotated by >hand. Further analysis indicated that this "piece" needs to rotate in >order for it to clear the peg that it latches to the vehicle to hold the >door closed. > >The "piece" on the sliding door needs to rotate after opening the the >door using the handle, if it doesn't then the door won't move away from >the vehicle. > >I thought we should remove the door panel to access the entire mechanism >and to work it free. We never did resolve it as he did not want to do >surgery on his door. Anyone know a source for the door panel >fasteners. He was afraid he would break while removing the panel and >not be able to re-install his panel. That's the problem we found but no >solution yet. Anyone else have an idea for adjusting or lubricating >this mechanism? > >Ken Wyatt >82 westy, heading to the Tetons this weekend. >


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