I think you might be right. Joel suggested cleaning the rubber and
mating metal surface carefully, which I did. Then I removed the cover
off the slider track and lubricated everything, and adjusted the pawl
that latches the door in the open position, it had worked loose.

But after a number of tries, peering into the mechanism as it
operated and trying to get a feel for where the catch was, it seemed
apparent that the locking catch at the rear, the one that rotates on
a rod and looks like the end of an open-end wrench, is not letting go
as it should.

How did you adjust that cable?

Jim

On Apr 12, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Pascal Giasson wrote:

> It might be that the cable inside your door need adjustment.  It's not
> releasing the latch mechanism fully at the rear.  Mine did the same
> thing
> last year.  It seemed to get progresively worse until we could not
> get the
> door open.
>
> Pascal
> '84 Westy
>