Hmmm.  My '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile has a very well lubricated slider.  Everything, including the latch, seems quite smooth.  But, it slams shut, and if I try to close it without a slam, it fails to latch.  mcneely

---- Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> As Al Bell mentioned a few posts back, the '86 and up (actually late '85 and
> up but I'm simplifying) sliding doors are completely different - different
> door, different track, different handles and latches, different window...and
> can be made to operate VERY quietly.
>
> All of the above has been posted on The List - check your Archives.
>
> Jake
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Jake de Villiers <
> > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> You need to hear more and newer Vanagon sliders!
> >>
> >> My '86 door makes hardly any noise at all.  Fluid Film on all moving parts
> >> and gliding surfaces and Ice Guard stuck on the inside of the track cover to
> >> keep it from being a soundboard.
> >>
> >> YMMV.
> >>
> >> O
> >>
> >
> >
> >   Fluid Film and Ice Guard....Oh...kay...Never heard of those things, but I
> > shall now Google them and see it I could get some to help decrease the noise
> > of my slider, too.
> >
> >   More and newer vanagon sliders...  I guess maybe I never noticed there
> > WERE newer or older vanagons, and that the newer ones were not as noisy in
> > the slider....I sort of think of Vanagons, once into the water cooled era,
> > as all about the same..Oh, some have fancy square headlights (that everyone
> > seems to change out) and some certainly have plenty of power options...but
> > somehow the MY of what the Vanagon is doesn't really seem important to me,
> > at least.
> >
> >    And as I said in my first post....I can be snoozing and hear a Vanagon
> > slider close....distinct unique sound, usually takes some authority to get
> > it shut, and many Door Closers on Vanagon seem to 'over-do' the job, to make
> > sure or just because they aren't familiar with how it closes.
> >
> >   Don Hanson
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
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>
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David McNeely