the amusing and instructive thread on sliding door bearings is this
one on the samba.

http://tinyurl.com/22out2g

old terry kay goes down fighting :)

alistair

On 10/16/2010 7:52 PM, Ian Allan wrote:
> I actually have the VW part but while is was waiting for delivery I
> made one up with a standard SKF bearing and a couple of fender
> washers. Works great. I will sell the the VW part if you have lots of
> money:-)
>

OK, I will try to get pix posted to show the installed roller. I the
mean time here is what I did:

a) remove the broken VW roller from the axle that it revolves on.
b) go to my local friendly machine shop and buy a bearing with the
exact id and similar od
c)  install a fender washer with shaft size id and od larger than the
bearing.
d) install the bearing on the axle
e) install another fender washer, a small normal washer and locktite
the nut.

the bearing runs on the body track and the fender washers keep it from
falling off the track. After a year everything looks great.

Sorry Roger, no drawing and no semi-nudes.

Ian Allan