An historic overview of the vw type 2 as well as many repair manuals diagrams brochures plans etc.
Vw t2 sliding door adjustment.
One or two bounces on the board and the door was perfect with no signs of adjustment anywhere.
Hi all i have a 2005 t5 with a sliding door that you must shut manually.
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When it latches the rear part closes by itself.
Mostly maintainance is cleaning and greasing.
Long before chrysler even imagined a minivan vw had introduced our sliding door back in 1967.
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I ve been having this problem for a couple of years where it was intermittent then i would push the rear part of the door to help it along and.
Brief explanatory video of what to address to maintain a sliding door on a vw bay window bus.
An excellent source of volkswagen bay window type 2 bus reference resource materials.
Cab door grabhandle inner for vw t2 bay window 1967 to 1979 9 89.
Repairing a sliding door on a vw bus.
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Lock set vw t2 bay does not include sliding door handle j14060 1974 1979.
Keeping your sliding door working perfectly requires an understanding of how it works.
Work the door back and forth so that the u is working like it would if you were opening and closing the door.
At least it s supposed to.
About the t2 bay window bus.
Open the door and get out your can of pb b laster and spray it down the pivot at the door end of the u.
The door first appeared as an m code option with for the 1967 splitwindow bus and was standard on the baywindow bus.
You don t need to actually open and close the door just push it back and forth so you work the lubricant into the pivot.
White lithium grease sold in tubes or spray cans is ideal.
Key parts listed for early late and crossover models cover outer sliding door skins inner door skins handles catches levers roller wheels circlips brackets cams springs and hinges scroll down to view the full range or search detailed vw t2 bay sliding door parts using the search box at the very top of this page.
He simply placed a long 2x4 under the door while it was nearly closed and over a jack stand.
There are three points of motion two are fairly simple one a bit complex.
First the upper and lower rollers do need to be present and do need to be greased.