When the screw needed tightening on my '84 7 passenger, I didn't remove
the whole panel.  Just the forward side.  It allowed enough room to
work.  No retainers were broken in the process.

Mike

Michael Elliott wrote:
> Anyone wanna sell/donate to me enough of them snaps so I can re-attach
> my slider panel after I open it and tighten the linkage that is making
> it so difficult to open the door from the outside? I do NOT want to have
> the handle bust off.