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• Fluid Film lubricant for sliding door bearings ..wow
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:27:00 -0800
  ...So I clean up the old gunk from the sliding door bearing & roller channel & try this stuff wow that door rolls like its on...
• Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:03:06 -0500
  ...Drive the van up onto the rollers, the tires spin the >> rollers, and the rollers are hooked to the margarita mixer. > > Which begs the...
• Re: Cheap and easy fuel pressure gauge?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:07:11 -0400
  ...This is a roller pump, incidentally (not the peristaltic kind of roller pump, this is related to vane pumps). About 50 seconds into this...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:18:10 -0700
  ...a) remove the broken VW roller from the axle that it revolves on. b) go to my local friendly machine shop and buy a...
• Re: roller on bus door
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 15:29:44 -0600 (CST)
  ...Is there supposed to be some kind of > bushing between the metal roller and the rail? I'd say that there is about > 1...
• Re: German, Chinese and American Parts
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 19:07:42 -0800
  ...German, Chinese and American Parts > > Tapered roller bearings are usually made by Timken, which is an Ohio-based > company. Whether they still have them...
• Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:18:37 -0800
  I used a foam roller, worked on small sections (1-2 sq ft) at a time and "tipped" off the rolled areas with 2...
• Re: Painting Van Tip's needed
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:21:29 -0400
  Take your time, and use a narrow roller. It's not a Syncro, is it?
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:15:25 -0400
  ...Don't overlook the roller that runs in the track at the bottom of the door (at least on the early models). I found...
• Re: Sliding Door Cluunk???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 May 2003 08:56:17 -0500
  ...Whe the door is being >>closed, >>just as the door shuts, the roller bearing hits the end of the >>upper >>part of the track...
• Re: High Ratio Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 07:38:04 EDT
  ...The roller style further reduces tip wear. Robert
• old style slider door cheesball way to get it quieter.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:27:06 -0700
  ...Next is to attack the bottom rollers. Here's a few pictures of the roller mod - remember this is for pre-85 vans only...
• Re: Early-Late Vanagon Westy interior dimension difference?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 8 May 2007 21:23:13 -0500
  In my 83, the cabinet covers 2/3 of the seatbelt roller. Jim On May 8, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Martin Jagersand wrote...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:26:46 EDT
  ...In Cincinnati, one of the eCheck goobers left a car running in gear when he shut the rollers off. He was very surprised, as...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:49:06 -0700
  I lubed all the rollers and tracks with Fluid Film and installed peel and stick roofing membrane to the inside of the slider cover...
• How to Remove '69 bus window
  Historical mailing list - John Grunkemeier
  Mon, 8 Aug 1994 16:59:47 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I struggled with the window and roller mechanism for quite awhile. There may be a way to get the window and roller mechanism out...
• Re: broken skylight lifter
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 05:54:32 EDT
  ...Any suggestions? Please. < < See my _Vanagon Westy Skylight Roller Repair_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/roller.htm) webpage. < < Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada...
• Re: Pull engine and tranny together?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:16:38 -0400
  ...on this fine roller board.Once dropped, just roll the unit out from under the van.The pipes act as rollers and the van...
• Re: White Christmas
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:36:13 -0800
  very very nice Jason... I love it I got the rubber carpet set and a full set of sliding doors rollers... :-)
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 2 Aug 2020 11:23:30 -0400
  ...On the post 85 set up I noticed, after modding the main rollers, that the rollers under the removable body part aft of the...
• Re: CV joint grease on tapered roller bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 May 2009 19:37:25 -0700
  ...or benefits of using > molybdenum disulfide (CV joint) grease on tapered roller bearings such as > those found in the front end of 2wd vanagons...
• Re: Skylight flex arm
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:03:32 -0800
  on 20/12/03 4:21 pm, Gurjeet Saund wrote: > I have a flex arm on which the rollers are worn off and it...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:56:47 -0400
  I wonder if TriFlow would be a good lube for the friction surfaces that the rollers roll on? Edward
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:33:28 PDT
  ...So, you seem to like Pauter with roller tips more than Rhino with added swivel tips for street use... Do the Gene Berg slider...
• Re: towing boat
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 17 May 1996 15:16:32 CST6CDT
  ...aquatic life :) The solution is to be sure to buy a "roller" trailer so you do not have to back in very far to...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 00:44:53 -0400
  ...Tapered roller bearings, like traditional front wheel bearings, can be pre-loaded. The outer roller bearing is not tapered and the rollers will actually...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:09:10 EDT
  ...Thinking about adding Ratio rockers > > ><<So there's a swivel tip and a roller tip available to choose from??? >How >would you choose between...
• Re: bed liner
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:52:14 -0400
  ...I bought a Herculiner kit that comes with a >> gallon of liner (used 1/2), two roller pads, coarse pad,one roller and 2...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:21:23 -0400
  ...a) remove the broken VW roller from the axle that it revolves on. b) go to my local friendly machine shop and buy a...
• Re: Fiberglass Paint
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 19:54:32 -0700
  If you look thru the archives here, a series of posts by Alistair Bell, describes him using a roller to paint his luggage rack...
• Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:23:39 -0800
  ...I used a regular but small OD roller. The bubbles were a concern at first but they settled by themselves. I was surprised at...
• [LVC] North American International Auto Show / roller bearing lifters..
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:19:43 -0500
  ...and i was surprised to see that the engine had no roller bearings on the lifters. i thought that was a no brainer in...
• Re: My door fell off last night
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:57:22 -0700
  ...Once I replace the top and bottom rollers but not the rear. I tested a few times open and close... seems fine and then...
• Re: Automatic car washing?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:42:11 -0500
  ...The brush that does the top was guided by a roller. Somehow the roller got caught on one of the roof "ribs" and flipped...
• Re: Plastic ring on sliding door roller where?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:00:15 -0400
  ...Plastic ring on sliding door roller where? I found a half of a broken white plastic ring below the sliding door on my 85...
• Re: sliding door... please help
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 10:02:59 -0800
  thanks... time to service the roller bearings, clean and grease the rails etc etc too - not just pop that piece of rubber in.. right?
• Re: old style slider door cheesball way to get it quieter.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:24:59 -0600
  ...So, now that part of the door is very quiet. > Next is to attack the bottom rollers. Here's a few pictures of the...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:55:08 -0700
  ...Sliding door roller bearing To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 6:30 PM is the grooved part gone or the...
• '82 vanagon rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 15:34:25 -0700
  ...I've done lots of double taper roller bearings (mostly front wheels), and some Rabbit straight roller bearings. What am I faced with here...
• Apollo awning
  Historical mailing list - R DIXON
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:06:07 +0000
  ...The plastic slider at end of roller broke recently. Thanks, Richard
• Re: Sliding Door problem
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:24:51 -0600
  ...Here's the problem, which is why I didn't put the UHMW tape under the roller bearing. The tape is really for sliding...
• Re: Inspection Horror Story!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 01:34:45 +0200
  ...The guy goes to pull it on > to the big roller wheels and pulls the front wheels past the rollers and > begins lining up...
• Re: Sliding door hinge rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:57:45 -0800
  ...Replacing all the rollers, cleaning up the rusty areas and replacing the seals....wait a minute...I can't find anyone who carries the...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 6 Jun 2018 20:36:03 -0400
  ...of the noise > and that roller bears the weight of the sliding door... > > I've used the Delrin roller and it's quieter than...
• Re:Carrying Canoes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:17:55 -0500
  ...Also has anyone heard of a new Yakima product called the "holy roller", it is a device for carrying canoes or kayaks, it has...
• Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:19:03 -0600
  Henry Wang wrote: > ..... > > > K2 catalyst rollerblades > > its good to have a backup for the backup... COOL!!! Wish I had thought of that!! John Rodgers...
• Peel N Seal RE: Dynamat...
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:25:37 -0400
  ...I didn't notice any off gassing, the stuff sticks fine if applied with a roller to clean metal, and it's way cheaper.
• Re: 84: Sliding door top roller rattle
  Historical mailing list - lp
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:24:31 -0800
  ...C-clamp to press it onto the door post). > > > >The top roller of my cargo bay door has the annoying habit of rattling. I...
• Re: RECOVERED! - diesel westy in Montreal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:08:30 -0400
  ...They got the roller blades, didn't they? Mike
• Re: Fluid Film lubricant for sliding door bearings ..wow
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:08:18 -0500
  ...bearing for the roller type grrage doors... > So I clean up the old gunk from the sliding door bearing & roller > channel > & try this stuff...
• Re: Lubricant ?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:55:52 -0800
  ...Maybe I've attracted all manner of grit! Ack! But then I have the teflon blocks for "rollers" so it kinda made sense at...
• Re: Slider door adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:22:18 -0600
  ...It can take some > > fiddling to get it right. > > > > This last weekend I replaced and lubricated all the rollers/bearings and > I > > also applied...
• Re: Upgrading I-4 timing belt tensioning roller?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:19:43 -0700
  ...Upgrading I-4 timing belt tensioning roller? There has been a lot of discussion of severe damage as a result of failure of the...
• Re: Adjusting Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 1 May 2023 16:52:16 -0600
  ...The rollers were > replaced about a year ago. > > But... the left edge of the door (looking from outside) is not flushed with > the body...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller tip rockers...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:03:46 EDT
  They also make pistons. For those looking for new pistons to go with a stroker crank and longer rods might check them out. Robert
• Re: '91 Vanagon Sliding door hardware
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 10 May 2011 13:47:20 -0700
  some of the rollers, the grooved one I think, are hard to find. There was a thread on the samba about what you are...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:30:57 -0700
  ...I am in need of a slider door roller bearing (the big one that goes on the channel under the cover, under the rear...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:58:24 -0700
  ...I don' t get as good of fuel mileage as a 2WD but I won't have a car put on the rollers. Todd
• Re: Fluid Film lubricant for sliding door bearings ..wow
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:33:01 -0800
  ...So I clean up the old gunk from the sliding door bearing & roller channel & try this stuff wow that door rolls like its on...
• Re: Buzzing Fuel Pump, Corn Free Fuel... I lied
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Mar 2016 11:12:56 -0500
  ...It is a roller cell. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=roller+cell+fuel+pump&qpvt=roller+cell+fuel+pump&qpvt=roller+cell...