Sliding door seal

grandfatherjim · Post by **grandfatherjim** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:18 pm

Is the seal really supposed to stick out like this? The door does slip nicely into the groove on the rubber but somehow it just doesn't seem right...

The seal is a single piece, which I think I got from OE VeeDub, and the other three sides seem right so I think I have it oriented properly. I didn't have hardly anything of the old seal to reference but this did seem like the way.

Please advise,
Thanks,
Jim

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:25 pm

Mine does too. I fretted until Colin said it was ok. Doesn't leak either.

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:22 pm

It's just like that area just above my belt...

Oregon72 · Post by **Oregon72** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:55 pm

Same thing happened to me. I believe you have it in 180 degrees off. The lip goes on the other side toward the back of the bus.

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:44 pm

I'll agree that the lip should be toward the rear. I have a bit of seal visible from at the front but there is a definite lip at the rear that is visible.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:22 am

It works so I ain't changin' it.

grandfatherjim · Post by **grandfatherjim** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:37 am

C'mon; it's fun r&r'ing the sliding door!
And then there is the gorilla snot on the fingers...what a great way to spend a day!
Jim

Oregon72 · Post by **Oregon72** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:06 am

grandfatherjim wrote:C'mon; it's fun r&r'ing the sliding door!

Jim

Jim, You don't have to remove the door, just rotate the seal around 180 degrees. The front goes to the back and the top goes to the bottom and vissie versalie.

grandfatherjim · Post by **grandfatherjim** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:12 am

Oregon72 wrote:
grandfatherjim wrote:C'mon; it's fun r&r'ing the sliding door!

Jim
Jim, You don't have to remove the door, just rotate the seal around 180 degrees. The front goes to the back and the top goes to the bottom and vissie versalie.

D'Oh!

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:47 am

Hi all, Im getting ready to order slider and front door seals for my '69 bay. Ive read from Hambone that the door seals from Wolfsburg West are German and a good fit, How about the slider one? Any advice appreciated. And is the Gorilla glue best or better than the 3M of past post?

Thanks, Barb

grandfatherjim · Post by **grandfatherjim** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:58 am

No, Gorilla Glue is the wrong stuff; it's used for repairing furniture (and lots of other things), and expands when it cures, like that foam you pout around house windows to seal against drafts. I think it's polyurethane.
Oh, unless you mean what is referred to in the vernacular as "gorilla snot", which I think is actually the same as the 3M stuff.
"Weatherstrip adhesive" is the right stuff, from auto supply stores.
Jim

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:14 am

Permatex makes it, black and sticky as hell. Took me 2 days to get it off my hands, wear gloves.

RussellK · Post by **RussellK** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:13 pm

hambone wrote:Permatex makes it, black and sticky as hell. Took me 2 days to get it off my hands, wear gloves.

A little lacquer thinner will take care of that

Post by **Amskeptic** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:21 pm

Elwood,
The yellow #3M Weatherstrip Adhesive is closest to what VW used. I do not use much of it at all, only where it is needed to hold the seal in place. I find that the seal often stays in the channels pretty well and the less glue trapping water, the less rust occurs. I do little tack spots every three inches along runs and then a bit more in the corners. Do touch up the channel before seal installation if you already have rust.
YMMV,
Colin

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:46 pm

Except front door seals do not have a channel all around and the #$#%%# seal won't stay put. I found that masking tape makes a good clamp, except in corners without a firm tape-anchor surface.

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