Tom,
I am curious where you got the price on the plastic strip ? It is a plastic and rubber strip bonded together and I have found similiar ones that are only plastic and do not have the rubber surface for the roller contact. It makes a difference as the rubber allows the rollers to slightly compress to keep the door from sliding to easy and with smoother operation. The cheapest I found this was $140 but decided to get it from Newell at the time as there were a few different ones to choose from and figured they would send me the correct one. I have seen others on Newells that crack and the door moves too freely. I will take a photo of the plexi locktoday and will try to attempt my first photo post. It is a simple device that ingeniously raises the door when locked in place so the rollers wont depress the rubber on the plastic strip for long periods creating divots that lead to eventual failure.
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Larry & Hedy Brachfeld
2003 Double Slide, Detroit 60
Coach # 646
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