How To Slightly Lift The Sliding Door ? ( Its Manual, Not Electric)

[andy greenwood]

Our van has been to Vw cleckheaton twice due to the sliding door scraping the paintwork, the problem has not been fixed and I can't be arsed taking it back to them again to be honest , I'd rather fix it myself if possible.
Can anyone please inform me how to raise it slightly to stop it scraping?

 

[Ads_Essex]

This may help

You can get a bit of adjustment by slacking off the bolt on the slider that runs along the bottom of the door and pulling the door away from the van. Only 5mm or so.

 

[andy greenwood]

This may help

I'm not sure if I have misread your message but its lift that i'm after, the bottom of the door catches just before its in its closed position.

 

[Ads_Essex]

Ah, no - I’ve misread your message and presumed you meant the scraping was on the wheel arch.

 

[andy greenwood]

Ah, no - I’ve misread your message and presumed you meant the scraping was on the wheel arch.

No problem, i should have explained myself better.

 

[Ads_Essex]

Post up and photo and I’m sure someone will recognise the problem (and hopefully offer a solution!)

 

[VanDamMan]

Sliding door middle runner problems.....

see this thread it might something or nothing

 

[andy greenwood]

the photo below shows the scraped off paint where the bottom of the door is catching, it is worse than I looks. I touched up an area about 1.5" long last month and it has started scraping again





I am planning on loosening the bracket and putting in a spacer to lift it slightly, I'm sure VW would not to do that but I don't know the correct way to do it ?

 

[Insert Coin]

Any adjustment at all on these bolts?

 

[andy greenwood]

I'll have a look tonight when I get home

 

[Pete C]

I have the same issue - going to loosen the bolts on the door (as shown with the yellow arrow) above, lift the door, and re-tighten.

Pete

 

[VanDamMan]

Sliding door middle runner problems.....

see this thread it be might something or nothing

Sorry about font..........but if this Bolt on above thread is loose it might cause slight alignment issues..

 

[andy greenwood]

Sorry about font..........but if this Bolt on above thread is loose it might cause slight alignment issues..

I didnt mean leave the bolt loose, i meant loosen it so that i can get s spacer in , then re- tighten it

 

[VanDamMan]

I didnt mean leave the bolt loose, i meant loosen it so that i can get s spacer in , then re- tighten it

Oops misunderstanding ...the loose bolt on the “thread”....refers to the subject ( as in thread ) sliding door middle runner problems ..sorry that didn’t come across as intended

 

[andy greenwood]

Oops misunderstanding ...the loose bolt on the “thread”....refers to the subject ( as in thread ) sliding door middle runner problems ..sorry that didn’t come across as intended

not a problem at all , a mis-understanding between us both

 

[sparkzer]

I'm not sure the bottom slider carries too much weight?..id be looking to loosen off the fixings on the top hanger and lift it up a bit and re-tighten.