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Subject:Re: Sliding door adjustment
From:David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Date:Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:19:20 -0400

At 07:56 PM 7/7/2010 Wednesday, Troy wrote:
>I have a question about adjusting the sliding door on an 89 vanagon
>westy. The rear of my sliding door is low and also does not sit
>flush with the main body of the van. I was reading through the
>Bentley 58:16 and 58:17 and having a little difficulty understanding
>the procedure for adjustment.

Perhaps that is because you need to start reading at 58.11 and then
continue at 58.14...

>  Does one adjust the striker plate or hinge or both? Is this a
> two-person job or can one person do it? If the striker plate needs
> to be adjusted, it appears that there are some very large Phillips
> head screws there, are those #2 or #3

If you're talking about the screws holding the latch onto the door,
those are #3.  I don't think those get moved during door adjustment, though.

Yours,
David

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