[Vwdiesel] Help with Rear Doors...SOLVED

[Dan Sloan]

Fluid Film? Source...Brand...Characteristics?

-- Dan



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> From: vwdiesel-bounces+dsloan=drake.edu at vwfans.com 
> [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces+dsloan=drake.edu at vwfans.com] On 
> Behalf Of James Hansen
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:28 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Help with Rear Doors...SOLVED
> 
> 
> Now that you have worked them thisaway and thataway for so 
> long, trust me, if you take them off, there is as much crud 
> still in there.  The beautious design of laying the latch on 
> it's side traps it's own weight of fine road
> dust in there.   I had to take mine off and disassemble... 
> then wire brush
> on the bench grinder to make them shiny, and reassemble.  
> IIRC, I changed one spring too, it was rusted partway through 
> and was about to die so I could repeat the process with new 
> door handles and an attitude.
> Since I discovered Fluid Film, I haven't had a lick of 
> trouble with this.
> 
> Oh, one other good place to shoot lube into the latch 
> mechanism is the top outer corner where the bends in the 
> metal leave a smallish hole- this lubes the slider thingy 
> nicely and keeps the spring from rusting too. Very effective.
> -James
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