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How do you fix a 1996 areostar sliding door to make it lock better?
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∙ 8y ago
My 1997 Aerostar 3.0 has sliding door closing problems and a friend of mine fixed his problems on a 1991 4.0. the parts look the same on both so maybe this will cover most years.
The door has three rollers, one top front, one bottom front and one middle back. There is supposed to be a plastic? Teflon? outer ring on these wheels and they disappear after a certain age. Once they are gone the door doesn't roll nicely and in my friends case drops slightly cause poor closing (the latch is now misaligned). The bottom support for the door may come into contact with the plastic carpeting on the step which will show wear marks very quickly.
The easiest solution is replace all the rollers but here in Canada, Ford wants $80 for the top, $60 for the middle and $50 for the bottom one. A junk yard may have them but due to the age-disappearing-trick, I am reluctant to try this.
If you want to get a good look. - with the door half open - pry off rubber stop at the end of the middle track (back of van above bumper - pry out rubber stop at the top track (at your head level, back of the door opening) - undo the bolt on the bottom track (down at the bottom, rides with the front of the door)
The door will now slide all the way back and out of the tracks. Two people is a good idea because it is heavy! One can take it out but two for putting it back because you can't see the tracks if you are holding the door by yourself :)
Please let me know if there are cheaper new(ish) rollers out there.
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