Giving that door a hard rolling slide will eventually break something.
When closing the door from the outside, roll it to within 1" of closing
and press the back edge of the door in. That will seat it in both front
and rear locks properly.
When inside the van use the rear pull to latch to pull the rear of the
door in.
Quite true you might have something binding. I normally cleaned both top
and bottom tracks about once a year and lubed with general purpose light
weight grease.

Stan Wilder

On Mon, 26 May 2003 21:17:33 -0500 John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
writes:
> My sliding door has developed a decidedly loud "clunk" when it
> shuts.
> Definitely not normal. I thought at first  it was a loose screw in
> the
> sliding/locking mechanism - I did find one and tightened it - but
> that
> was not the problem.
>
> Envision the track down the side of the van that the roller travels
> on.
> On the door there is a mechanism that has a roller towards the rear
> and
> a roller bearing towards the front. These pieces are just a couple
> of
> inches apart mounted on the same part. Whe the door is being
> closed,
> just as the door shuts, the roller bearing hits the end of the
> upper
> part of the track and makes a 90 degree change in direction. The
> roller
> is triking the end of the track to make its turn, and when it does
> is is
> making a loud clack!! Something is wrong It is hard metal slaming
> hard
> metal. Right at that corner there is a slot. It appears as if there
> was
> some sort of bumper there at one time but now it is gone.
>
> Can anyone tell me what is supposed to be at that slot at the end of
> the
> track?? Somehow what is going on is not normal operation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL driver
>
>

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