Thanks for the suggestion...
So, the buttons once expoxied just slide across the metal, and don't roll as
the wheels did?

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: skylight flex arm repair

> Epoxyed regular button on the arms in place of the little worn out wheels
> per a list suggestion.  So far so good and that was 6 months ago.
>
> Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Creech" <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:05 PM
> Subject: skylight flex arm repair
>
>
> Has anyone been able to successfully re-tread or otherwise repair the
small
> wheels on the flex arm assembly for the skylight (the flex arms open and
> close the skylight).  Those two wheels appear from photos to have a small
> "tread" - or at least they have a slightly larger diameter than mine,
which
> I suspect are worn down.  The entire assembly is about $30, but my mom was
a
> Scot.  Could some sort of wheel or disk be riveted in place of the worn
out
> ones, or perhaps an O-ring be slipped over the worn ones to increase the
> diameter slightly.  Being worn, the wheels on mine guide the flex arms out
> of their channels.
>
> Jim Creech
> 87 Westy