I don't think there is an easy way to lube the window regulator mechanism
..
but it does help some to spray the window tracks with silicone spray ..
 that's a regular service that just about all vanagons need ..that they
never get commonly.
It helps.

obsessed with lubrication ..
since that things that move in concert with each other  ...........when some
film of lube is kept on them ..they barely wear.  Why not preserve these
fine vans ? ..especially when it is so easy to spray lube fluids from spray
cans.  A one half second spray keeps a mechanism happy for a pretty long
time.  So rewarding too ..a nice smoothly working mechanism.

I only mention it because the vans can use it so much ..
and ........of all the vans I see....I never see one that's lubed here and
there in a hundred little places like say ...
window tracks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: Crummy Window Cranks!

>> I suspect people are having regulator problems, and have to
>> use extra force. I haven't had one ever break on my vans,
>> looked at buying vans before with the cranks missing.
>
>
> I was going to say the same thing. The $2 window cranks are strong enough
> to
> do the job if the window regulator is working properly  But they will snap
> more easily than the $30 originals if the regulator is binding.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>  The Bus Depot, Inc.
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