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randolph57
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Posted: 24 Aug 17 at 20:30 |
Before i attempt anything 'crazy' with a heat gun anybody have alternatives to closing the gaps that are now present on the rubbers around the cabinet doors? Every van i have seen seems to be affected and seeing as i have just painted the fridge door hinges thought a bit of heat delicately applied to the moulding may entice the rubber to stretch . Only need to close around 8mm between two tails of the rubber.
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KrisG
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I think that is just the tollerance in the production process.
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clift_d
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There's a thread on the samba where somebody used heat to
stretch the profiles longer like this and it worked well. It's on our
list of jobs for the future
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=622470 Edited by clift_d - 25 Aug 17 at 10:35 |
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randolph57
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Thanks for the link-now what could possibly go wrong?
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randolph57
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well that was a productive afternoon-all moulding gaps are now less than 1mm and look so much better!
Suprised how little heat manipulation it required to stretch-tails now secured across split with staple gun instead of the puny original staples. Took the opportunity to remove the gaps on all rubber trimmed furniture (shelf/pop top bed hinge etc) whilst i was at it. |
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