Thanks all for the suggestions; it never dawned on me that of course with
all the recent snow and such the track is probably full of sand and crap. My
usual process is to take everything apart, clean it, repack with grease and
reassemble, but if I can get away with a wipe and lube so much the better.
I'm always wary though of slapping grease on surfaces expose to the elements
(re. Crap). Wouldn't something light (and less likely to attract said crap)
like WD40 work?

Nathaniel

On 12/18/06 6:26 AM, "Jeff Stewart" <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> It isn't necessary to remove that part to inspect the slider track.
> Once you remove that support you are setting yourself up for an
> hour's worth of frustration as you re-align the door so it shuts
> properly. Don't remove that part unless absolutely necessary.
>
> IIRC, if the door is fully open and latched in it's locked open position,
> it won't fall. If you do need to remove the lower (or upper) slider, mark
> marks with a pencil, tape or whatever showing the position of the
> bracket-makes it easier to reinstall with minimum amount of adjusting. I
> always remove the little wheel, clean everything real well, put a LITTLE
> bit of grease on the post the wheel rides on and it good to go.      Jeff
>
> Jeff Stewart
> fonman4277@earthlink.net
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwcampersmidatlantic/