What do you do when the upper mount bolt that the wind wing attaches to gets stripped?
Do you have to replace the window frame?

Todd
'88 WEsty
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From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
> On 5/22/07, Bart Holmquist <barth@unlserve.unl.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Just acquired an 84 Vanagon. The wind wings are so loose that even at
> > 20 mph they will not stay open.  Any ideas on how to stiffen them up?
> > Bart in Nebraska
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> Bart,
>
> Your subject really had me thinking that you were flying high in your "94"
> Vanagon.
>
> Unfortunately, adjusting the wing windows isn't so simple. The adjustment
> clamp is buried inside the door where it is difficult to reach. Need a
> Phillips screw driver to adjust tension on pivot point.
>
> On an unrelated subject, out subway trains in San Francisco are called BART
> (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Our Vanagons, especially the ones with round
> headlights, resemble Vanagons. So I found it appropriate that there should
> be a "Bart in Nebraska". Sorry for the early (for me) morning humor.
>
>
> BenT