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Thanks. This is one of those duh! moments. I didn't have the window open all the way, but as soon as I did, I could slide it forward enough to see the tabs. The electrical tape sounds like a suitable fix. jamesm --- Hal Sullivan <tristessa@frys.com> wrote: > At 10:13 AM 2/6/05, James Montebello wrote: > >Can anyone enlighten me on what's under there, and > >advise on the best way to repair it? > > The hinges are a couple of curved metal tabs that > fit into slots in the pillar. The > tabs are supposed to have rubber sleeves over them > to proide a tighter fit and > prevent the rattle you're experiencing. Most likely > is that those sleeves have > worn out/fallen off on that side. New sleeves don't > exist, used ones are scarce. > There's a guy in Florida who's trying to get them > reproduced but since there's > no ETA, don't hold your breath waiting. > > Take the window out, wrap the tabs with some > electrical tape. There's some > trial-and-error test fitting involved to figure out > just how *much* tape to use, > and it's not an ideal fix, but should get you down > the road.. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250