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Subject:Re: Sliding door lower track repair
Date:Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:34:22 +0000

Just curious.  Can this problem be due to incorrect door alignment?  Or is this just something that happens due to normal wear?  Seems like a bad engineering job if normal wear.
Dave B/

-----Original Message-----
From: kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tue, Feb 12, 2019 10:47 am
Subject: Re: Sliding door lower track repair

I believe I can get a repair panel for this from Europe for you.  Or you
could weld the groove with a welder, then grind it back down to smooth
again to fill the groove.  The door is pretty heavy and the metal of the
lower track is thick steel.  Putting lighter sheet metal on top isn't going
to hold up or work very well.

Ken

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:35 AM Markus Benne <mbenne@m-bass.com> wrote:

> I have a deep groove in my sliding door track at the bottom.
>
> Is it feasible to lay/glue a piece of stainless steel sheet metal trimmed
> to size in there for the bearing to roll on?
>
> Thanks for any tips.

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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