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Well, I have been opening and closing the door all day adjusting the windows. The tube is wanting to pull out on one side of the retainer. The friction and the bending is just too much for the Plasti Dip. It just will not bite enough on the QQD tube material to hold. I am thinking that either I have to epoxy the ends into the retainers or something else. This is SUCH A WASTE of time from a new part. The other thought I had is to just cut the end of the tube off and make a Delrin nipple that fits into the retainer and sticks out ¼ inch, if there is room in there, and attach the tube to the Delrin nipple with glue and four small rivets. What a PITA! James From: 'James Douglas' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The door tubes as delivered by QQD fir the ’64 Chrysler do not work. The problem is the base is not the correct size to fit the retainer. In fact, the screws do not even go through the rubber. So, when you open the door the drag on the
“slider” pulls the tube out of the retainer. You can see the issue in the photos. My solution was to get some plastic lids at the hardware store for paint mixing cups. I then rigged up a derrick to hang the tubes just shy of the lids. I then poured some Plasti Dip into the lids just to cover the bottom and even with
the tube base. I then placed a bunch of fiberglass strands, pulled from a sheet of fiberglass, in a pattern of over the top of existing base and the wet Plasti Dip. I then poured more on top to cover the existing base. It then sat for a week while I was
out of town. When I got back, I took a pair of scissors and cut the thing down to about a 3 inch circle. I then could peel the plastic lid off of the base. I then slip the retainer over the thing and marked it. I then cut it out and now had a proper
base. I used a hole punch to cut the screw holes. I did one side yesterday and opened and closed the door a bunch of times and it stayed put. As a note to QQD. Remake the mold with the base on these with a 3-inch diameter and just let folks cut it to shape themselves. It would save a lot of time and trouble. I hate paying for something then having to spend this amount of time
to make it correct. A 3-inch circle would take 10 minutes to cut to shape and punch the hole as opposed to a couple of hours and days waiting for it to dry. James -- For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chrysler 300 Club International" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chrysler-300-club-international+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chrysler-300-club-international/CY5PR19MB6171059702351386C2D96FCD93B5A%40CY5PR19MB6171.namprd19.prod.outlook.com. |
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