I am having serious problems with my sliding door on my 1995 B150. The van itself is awesome and runs great. My husband bought it for me as a present. He has been trying to get me into a Honda Odyssey or other some such mini van for years and I told him no way, and that if he bought he a full size van that I would drive that, so he did. I learned to drive in a 1978 Dodge van, so he got me something close. She was purchased at a government auction with less than 34k original miles and is like a time capsule inside, everything works and like I said, she runs great. Its just the damn sliding door! It keeps coming off the tracks, and when I can get it back on the tracks it still doesn't shut all the wall at the top, leaving a gap where water can get in. I replaced the door jam weatherstripping and have had a body shop as well as an independent mechanic adjust it for me several times. But it just keeps coming off the track and not shutting right. So at this point I just don't open it. My friend the mechanic told me he thinks they used to sell conversion kits for these sliding doors because they were such a problem, so many people had issues, the doors were too heavy etc. Has anyone heard of this? If not, is there a way for me to convert this side slider to barn door style? If I find two '95 side doors at a yard and take them to a body shop, can I have those bad boys painted and put on there?

 

Check the bushings and rollers for the side slider. Sounds like some of 'em are worn out.

 

Nice van.

Yea, like said by HeyYou, that has to be your issue. I cant think of anything else unless there is a warped track. Also the swingarm could be falling out of its base...That happened to us on an old VW Campmobile our family owned.

Converting it - well - it could be done, but it will be a lot work. I would think you would have to fabricate some things today as most special things (conversion parts, kits for customization etc.) for our vans are long gone. Also a good tech should be able to tell you almost exactly what is wrong. Many today guess as the craft of automotive engineering is fading.