After spending the weekend at Busfusion, I still hear sliding doors slam
continuously when I close my eyes!

Jason

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 7:39 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Interesting …. very interesting.
>
> smoother, quieter and they won’t rust.
>
> > On 09-Jun-2018, at 22:11, Syncrohead <syncrohead@AOL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Good news.
> >
> > A friend has recently worked with a bearing manufacturer on a new design
> and has commissioned them to produce urethane versions of the FOUR bearings
> previously only available in steel. The result is than now all SIX of the
> rolling elements in a Vanagon sliding door can soon be replaced with a set
> made up of Delrin and Urethane, eliminating all metal-to-metal contact in
> the rollers.
> >
> > A few of the first batch were sold at SyncroFest. It's amazing how quiet
> and smooth the slider can be with these replacements, plus some clean-up
> work.
> >
> > Look for announcements here or on TheSamba within a month or so about
> their general availability.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >> On Jun 7, 2018, at 11:24 AM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> hi Stephen,
> >>
> >> I am not a vanagon specialist, not even seeking for perfection on my
> vans.
> >> Just sharing my observations and discoveries.
> >> The day you find away to make the sliding door as quiet as the one on a
> >> Toyota or Honda van... please share with us...
> >> btw... I am not saying putting sound deadener in the cavity will
> eliminate
> >> the noise... I am saying it will cut down the resonance.. to a musician
> the
> >> door door is still LOUD... to a jack hammer operator it's very quiet...
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Sound deadener inside the slider changes the tone of the sound but does
> >>> not eliminate it.  Still loud in the middle of the night.
> >>>
> >>> Stephen
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thursday, June 7, 2018 11:10 AM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to share my experiences regarding the sliding door - on some
> of my
> >>> vans I use Delrin rollers, on some I use OEM metal rollers to compare.
> >>>
> >>> - Delrin rollers are quieter but the kit came with 2 Delrin rollers
> for the
> >>> rear and the bottom tracks only.
> >>>
> >>> - Cleaning and sanding smooth the tracks help a lot, I'd think the
> noise
> >>> came from the pitting corrosion on the rear and bottom tracks.
> >>>
> >>> - Strange enough on the vans with OEM metal rollers, on some it's
> almost as
> >>> quiet as the one with Delrin rollers.
> >>>
> >>> - I'd think a well balanced door is quieter than a unbalanced one - I
> think
> >>> weight distribution to rear, top and bottom tracks helps, it's a try,
> miss
> >>> and repeat job. I notice some door is easier to balance than other,
> may be
> >>> depending on how worn the track is.
> >>>
> >>> - Yes I put FatMat noise deadener on the cover of the rear track too,
> it's
> >>> help a bit.
> >>>
> >>> - I put FatMat noise deadener and pink fiberglass in cavity of the
> sliding
> >>> door. It helps to bring down the noise by cutting the resonance. I'd
> think
> >>> the hollow door acts as an empty drum and it amplifies the noise.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> dan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>