Sliding door adjustment (VW Transporter T3)

Adjustment work on a sliding door must be carried out by two people.

A sliding door is installed correctly if, when closed, it is at the same distance from the doorway everywhere.

The relief waist line of the door should correspond to the same line of the body. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the door does not stand too outward or inward. To meet these requirements, the following work must be carried out.

Adjusting the lower roller guide

If the door is not adjusted in height, you need to move the roller guide bracket.

If the door does not line up at the front, the lower roller guide needs to be moved.



(58-229) Push the plastic valve out from below with your finger.



Loosen both lower roller guide bolts (see fig. 58-228), press the roller guide all the way against the door and tighten only the bolt on the door side.

Close the door carefully.

Gradually loosen the bolt on the door side. An assistant should watch from the outside until the door matches. Then tighten the bolt again.

Open the door and tighten both bolts to the torque shown in Fig. 58-228.

Adjusting the upper roller guide

If the door does not match at the front at the top, then remove the cap by hand and move the pin with the roller guide.

Adjusting the bolt with a cotter pin and door hinges

The door is not set to the correct height.

Unequal front and rear door gaps.



(58-245) open the door and remove the trim from the rack.




(58-234) Before each adjustment or installation of the bolt with the cotter pin, it is necessary to loosen the bolts of the hinge device, move the device to the highest, most rear position and screw in three bolts.



(58-232) For correct adjustment of the bolt relative to the lock jaw, there must be a plastic bracket in the lock.

New spare locks have such a bracket, it can be ordered separately.



Provide the lock with a spacer bracket.

Bolt 1 and elastic disk 2 are screwed to support 4. In this case, the elastic disk should sit in the center relative to the installation lines 3. This is the basic installation of the bolt with the cotter pin.

Carefully push the door back, lifting it slightly in the area of the groove of the relief line.

Check the door's height position and measure possible correction values.

Open the door and mark the correction value on the bolt support with a felt-tip pen.

Bring the bolt to the marked position.

Close the door again carefully (the assistant is inside) and again check the position of the door in the doorway.

If the door is at the correct height and in line with the relief waist line, completely loosen the hinge bolts.

Straighten the door in the longitudinal direction from the outside using plastic wedges.



(58-246) Lower the roller carriage 1 with the hinge device bracket so that the supporting roller sits on the guide screw 2.

Tighten the hinge bolts from the inside, open the door and remove the spacer bracket from the lock.

Tighten all bolts to the specified torque: hinge bolts - 21 - 25 Nm, bolt with cotter pin - 45 - 55 Nm.

Slide the trim onto the edge of the rack.

Adjustment of the articulated device only

Unequal front and rear door gaps.

If changing the position of the pin bolt is not required, the articulated device can be adjusted separately.





(58-245) open the door and remove the trim.

Remove the door with the hinge fitting from the centre guide rail, see. "Dismantling and installation of a sliding door".

Loosen the hinge bolts.



(58-234) move the articulated device to the highest, rear position and tighten three hex bolts.

Insert the door together with the hinge device back into the central guide rail.



(58-232) press the plastic spacer bracket into the mouth of the lock.

Carefully push the door back, lifting it slightly in the area of the relief line (the assistant is on the bus).

Loosen the hinge bolts from the inside.

Check the front and rear door gaps and, if necessary, align them using plastic wedges.



(58-246) Lower the roller carriage 1 with the bracket of the articulated device so that the supporting roller sits on the guide rail 2.

Tighten the pivot bolts from the inside to 2125 Nm.

Open the door and remove the spacer bracket from the lock, slide the trim onto the edge of the rack.