Window latch

Azteccamper · Oct 28, 2017

My sliding door window latch broke today when trying to open the window. As I squeezed the ‘wings’ together the left wing just snapped off. Is this replaceable? Please don’t tell me I need to buy complete window!
I did manage to shut the window so it is water tight.
Any advice on fix would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Aztec C

WelshGas · Oct 28, 2017

Azteccamper said:
My sliding door window latch broke today when trying to open the window. As I squeezed the ‘wings’ together the left wing just snapped off. Is this replaceable? Please don’t tell me I need to buy complete window!
I did manage to shut the window so it is water tight.
Any advice on fix would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Aztec C

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-TRANSPORTER-T5-T6-SLIDING-DOOR-WINDOW-GLASS-HANDLE-LATCH-REPAIR-KIT-L-R/221876120880?fits=Car+Make:VW&epid=28002602504&hash=item33a8d8ed30:g:I4cAAOSwn~ZZbhZS
Instructions included and there are YouTube videos.

Slide open the window 1/3

Use screw driver at the top, just back from the front corner, between the sliding pane and the guide, to lift the guide and allow the vertical pin (attached to the window) to pop outwards and in the top front corner of the sliding pane to move towards the centre of the van by an inch or so.

Repeat with the bottom front corner - insert screwdriver, twist 45degrees and gentle pull the window towards you until the lower guide pin pops out of the guide.

The window will now be secured only at the back edge by the vertical sliding locking pins top and bottom and two more rotating plates c. 1.5 cm long in the same location at the locking pins. Do not pull or force the sliding pane into the van yet.

Open the butterfly clip to unlatch the window and keep holding it open - this allows the sliding pane to pivot inwards at the front edge - remember that this is still latched at the rear (top and bottom) by the pivoting plates. Pivot the front portion of the sliding glass in towards the van by c. 45 degrees.

Now, with the window still pivoted inwards and the butterfly latch still held open, pivot the whole sliding pane downwards (front top corner moving forwards and downwards towards the front of the van). This should allow the rear top corner of the window to leave the guide rails - the window is now only connected by the lower rear corner pivots, so lift the pane upards to remove from the guide entirely.

Done!

Hotel California · Oct 28, 2017

Must be something in there to get you started...

Azteccamper · Oct 28, 2017

Thank you both. Really appreciate it.
AC

TizzMe · Oct 29, 2017

Get the kit off eBay as WG suggested. Once you’ve got it, just prise the top and bottom trim off (they just pull off) and with a little care replace the butterfly piece making sure you keep the central pin in the butterfly (holds the two sides of the butterfly together) its a bit fiddly but it should only take you about half an hour (if that) to do! You don’t have to open the window to do it, well I didn’t anyway
If you do happen to damage the existing trim there are replacement pieces in the kit. There is a vid on u-tube showing how to do it