I just blasted Dixie's slider parts with Fluid Film and she's gliding
smoothly.

In my experience, there's really no need to disassemble anything.

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> On May 23, 2009, at 4:31 PM, vanagonvw wrote:
>
>  When pull down the handle, the latch opens, and previously, the door
>> would
>> pop away from the van at the rear, and I could just slide it open.
>> What
>> happens now, however, is when I pull down the handle, the latch
>> opens, and
>> the rear of the door pops about half an inch, and I have to reach
>> back and
>> pull it out, at which point, it slides nice and easy to the fully open
>> position.
>>
>
> Oil the link. At the door and at the roller mechanism.
>
> Helps to remove the track cover. Two screws. Up from underneath. One
> fore and one aft.  If it's not been removed recently, a chunk of 2x4
> and a hammer will help persuade it. If you've not removed it before,
> remove the screws, pull the bottom away from the tabs from which you
> removed the aforementioned screws, place 2x4 flatwise against the
> bottom of the cover and persuade it up off the top clips.
>
> Once you have the cover off, where to oil becomes obvious.  I consider
> it to be yearly maintenance.
>
> Jim
>

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