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Subject:Vanagon 85 : Sliding door hard to lock
From:Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
Date:Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:38:22 -0400

Hi,

I remove the lock (the part that have the handles) and clean it to
lubricate the mechanism.

We have two problems : 1- The locking knob does not always go to the
lock position (up) 2- Sometimes the sliding door doesn't lock, it goes
back open.

For the first problem, I seen that maybe the cable to the central
locking (at the back of the door) had stretch or something else have
problem. Does the foam pad in center should be glued on the door, could
it be the source of the problem.

For the door that doesn't close all the times, is it an adjustment
problem ? or it is also caused by the cable ? (because, when I remove
the
panel, both problem are less frequent).

Normand Gagnon
Normand.Sylvie@attglobal.net
Westy GL 85
Jetta Wagon 2003

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