Sliding door rail

[Kedishen]

How is the sliding door rail mounted to side of van?

I presume it has some sort of bolt through arrangement into the interior.

Mine has appeared to drop slightly towards the back and I can see signs or rust showing through... a pain in the ass if it has to be removed.. would lierally have to disassemble everything on that side of the van to get behind the ply :/

[Keef]

The back of the rail has studs which go through the body with nuts inside the van which I think are prone to snapping off through corrosion.

Rust around the holes is pretty common too.

[MinorMatt]

exactly right. If there is any corrosion around the area the nuts will have corroded on to the rail (dis-similar metals) and be stuck solid.

And yes its 6 or 7 nuts on the inside skin of the van

[npjrogers]

I work at restoring vintage WW2 aircraft. We sometimes use a device called a rivnut which can be fitted from outside the skin without access to the back of the panel. This could be a solution to fixing the sliding door rail when access to the back of the panel is not an option. I guess it depends on whether the head would obstruct the sliding mechanism... Just a thought.. hope it helps

[Dodge20]

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

[Punto443]

Hopefully after 5 years he's managed it