I got it out!

Goes up , same orientation , to window, then back out. Even then it was very tight. Maybe part of the problem was Dynamat in the door. Might have been enough to impede… the clearance for the interior handle stud is close.

Not confident re install will be piece of cake :-)

Thanks again gene

Alistair 

> On Mar 14, 2022, at 8:51 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks gene.
> 
> I was afraid of that answer :-)
> 
> I’ll give it some more tries. There is no need for me to take it out except just for a good cleaning. 
> 
> I’ve got the door lying outside facedown. I’m heading back to it now.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Alistair 
> 
>>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 8:06 PM, Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Yes, a year ago when I replaced hinge spring and rollers and all, I removed everything from the door to clean and lube.  I do remember that being a bugger, and what finally worked out was just more and more fiddling.  It’s like a devious Chinese puzzle, you don’t have to force anything, you just keep turning it, sliding it back, up, down, until you find the precise position it wants to be in to slide out.
>>  
>> Or go ugly and go straight for the torch.
>> gp
>>  
>> ‘87 T3
>> ‘81 R65
>> ‘61 TR3
>>  
>> From: Alistair Bell
>> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 6:43 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: 86 sliding door handle mechanism … stumped
>>  
>> Hi,
>>  
>> I have a good slider door I want to swap into my van. Taken all the hardware off, but I can’t the the “ remote control assembly “ as Bentley calls it ( 58.18) out of the door.
>> Done all Bentley asks, there doesn’t seem to be any more to remove, but I can’t slide that assembly out between doors panel and the internal frame.
>>  
>> For the longest time i was struggling thinking it’s just a matter of the right alignment etc…
>>  
>> But no.
>>  
>> Don’t tell me I have to spread the door metal with reverse clamps…
>>  
>> Cheers
>>  
>> Alistair
>>