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Subject:Re: window sliders - '91 Westfalia
From:Ron Lussier
Date:Mon, 09 Jun 1997 11:54:32 -0700

At 01:21 PM 6/9/97 -0500, Kelly Bauman wrote:
>At 11:49 09-06-97 -0500, Blaine Bachman wrote:
>>     
>>     2. I'm betting that wear of the Nylon slides is the reason my windows 
>>     sound like the dreaded "fingernails-on-chalkboard" when I open and 
>>     close them.  Garth seemed to intimate that the required number of 
>>     these thingies is 8 per vehicle; true?
>>     
>Ditto.  My wife wanted me to ask the list if anyone had any brilliant
>suggestions for getting rid of this hideous sound.  I thought of WD40 but
>over time it will attract a great deal of dust and dirt.  Any other
>suggestions out there?

I am fairly certain that the sound comes from the plastic edge running
vertically up between the windows, and *not* the track that the window
slides in.  I don't think that you would want to add any sort of lubricant
to this, as it would smear on the window when you slid it back and forth.

Ron
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