Tom

The West Coast metric catalogue has these clips.  I am sure that Ron or Ken
would have them also or be able to get them for you.
Good god I can even get them here in Australia.

Ray Hunnam

-----Original Message-----
From: ThomasD. Hanlon <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, 13 January 2000 4:18
Subject: Sliding Door Handle

>Listees,
>
>Instead of the sliding door handle being situated at the normal 9
>o'clock and 3 o'clock position, it is now drooping to a 7 o'clock and 1
>o'clock position.  Opening the door is becoming increasingly difficult,
>especially in the cold I experienced in two trips North, one 3,500 r/t
>miles to Banff, Canada and one 3,500 r/t to St.Louis via San Antonio,
>within the last two months..
>
>Removal of the panel on the door interior, to access the mechanism,
>looks to be simple enough, but the local VW dealer has a "no longer
>available" report on the clips (beige plastic discs) for the panel, and
>I am sure I will break more than one.
>
>Has anyone had a similar situation with the sliding door handle?
>Sources for the parts and for the clips?  Bentley and Haynes  provide
>sufficient information to replace the mechanism.  The problem appears to
>me to be a worn element, though, probably the shaft of the handle, and a
>minor component to replace, if the panel can be removed without too much
>damage, using the "tableknife" technique posted on the List recently.
>
>Tom Hanlon
>Palm Springs, CA
>84 Westy
>
>.
>