I have what I presume are these 'nylon slider inserts', matte silver
plastic-y things, maybe one and one-half foot long,
S-shaped (a mighty square s...), wrapping around the bottom of
the sliding window and, towards the outside of the window,
over the top of an adjacent window frame extrusion.

I have them on all my sliding windows (both vans), but I have one
side window on each van which does not lock.
Yesterday I was looking at them thinking
that maybe the bottom has almost worn through, lowering the sliding
window by a 1/16" or so.  Perhaps that's all it takes.  How do you
get those things off?  Mine sure don't want to budge... I would have
guessed they were glued on.

        Gary

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Bob O'Shaughnessy wrote:
>      Joe, first check first to see if your window has the nylon slider
> inserts on the outside of the window.  If these are missing, the sliding
> part of the window will fall down far enough that the latch won't catch
> on the notches.  The parts are a few bucks each at the dealer.
>
>      This is also a great way to non-destructively break in to your van
> if you ever need to.
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
> vanagon@columbus.rr.com
> 85GL (awaiting Multivan interior)
> 74 Bus (Dad's)
> 72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat, 98 Kid
>

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