Sliding door blind problem

On our previous weekend away I noticed the concertina blind unit in the sliding door was very loose.  My suspicion is it was never fitted properly at the factory.  This weekend I found a screw hanging between the door and the blind.

Sadly I’m going to have to fix it myself as Marquis’ inability to fix anything without two visits and not on a Saturday is just not a satisfactory use of my time.

Such a great vehicle spoilt for an ”hap’orth of tar”

I’ve had to tighten our sliding door blind on two occasions in the 8 months we’ve had our van.  It’s a straightforward job but I agree it’s a shame it has to be done.  Think you’ll find it’s the biggest blind in the van so is particularly susceptible to movement, both from road vibration and opening/closing the door.  When I come to tighten it again I’ll make sure I have some ‘lock-tite’ to put on the screw threads, which is what AS should have done.  The worsening state of the road network means we’re all spending more time tightening things up in our vans.

Hi. I used double sided tape between the blind plastic casing and the removable window surround panel .

ymfb1 wrote:On our previous weekend away I noticed the concertina blind unit in the sliding door was very loose.  My suspicion is it was never fitted properly at the factory.  This weekend I found a screw hanging between the door and the blind.

Sadly I’m going to have to fix it myself as Marquis’ inability to fix anything without two visits and not on a Saturday is just not a satisfactory use of my time.

Such a great vehicle spoilt for an ”hap’orth of tar”

Hello,
Here is my fix for the sliding door blind cassette as shared on the forum Oct.2017[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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greycaster wrote:Anybody got any photos of the fix.

Hi greycaster.
Found a couple of photos so hope these help.
 The first one is of the rear door window and the timber fixing that A/S did.  This gave me the idea to try the same way of fixing the sliding door blind cassette.  The second photo is of the stripped down side window showing one of the angle brackets that hold the cassette support panel.  The third photo is a close up of the bottom timber that I fixed with CT1  and the fourth photo is of the four lengths of timber fixed in place and blacked out. Remember that the van is a Kemerton so access for me was easy.
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It may pay to get some spare screw cups and caps, A/S should supply them.  Would also recommend buying some flange head selftappers 19mm long x3.5mm, cost 80p per 100. These flange head screws will replace the shorter countersunk screws that you remove when taking off the fabric covered door card, also to fix the black blind cassette panel to the new timbers as they won't pull through like the countersunk screws.

I used 25mm high x 20mm wide softwood fixed with CT1 to the four sides of the window. The thickness of the timber is determined by the distance behind the angle bracket to the metal door minus the thickness of the black cassette support panel. (my panel was approx 5mm thick)  My top and bottom timbers were the same thickness. One long face needs to be bevelled so the timber fits to both faces of the door. You will also need to round off one long corner. When fitting nicely apply a liberal amount of CT1 to the relevant faces of timber and gently rub into position. Leave overnight to fully set.   The side (vertical) timbers are a slightly different thickness and shape because the door face is curved, you will need to sort this as difficult to explain.
I found that the black cassette support panel was fixed to the blind cassette by only 4 screws so I proceeded to apply a bead of CT1 all the way around the cassette and let it set.   The Panel was then fixed back to the new timbers via 10 No. flange head screws ( instead of just 4 ) this along with the afore mentioned bead of adhesive made for a very securely fixed blind  
There are many good polymer adhesives, I have been using CT1 for as long as its been available and it sticks most things to most things. You will need some acetone to clean any spillages though.
Think that about it, you could p.m. me if you need more info.

Regards Windy
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Interesting posts, thanks! My blind cassette is loose too but asking them to fix at hab service next week. Thought it wa# just us slamming door! Find it hard to close it from inside, have asked for a grab handle to be considered......unfortunately not good as these fixes ourselves lol