Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:32:11 -0700
Reply-To: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Sliding window refurbish
In-Reply-To: <vanagon%2007081221401514@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Pascal, thanks for the reply.
I figured out a way to put the sliding window guides
in. I remove the latch, like you described. Move the
sliding part up and outward without taking it out
altogether. Clean the inside of aluminum channel.
Apply contact cement to inside of channel and to guide
pieces. Let dry. Put both pieces into position so they
can slide in and then swiftly press them in. I use a
big hammer as anchor and a smaller one to just whack
them in. It's probably not a good idea to be slow
here, if the contact cement binds halfway in it may
get ugly. Not the most elegant way, but so far they
sit tight.
What I haven't figured out:
a) How to replace the felt strips that are supposed to
seal between glass and frame. I don't eben know
whether they can be ordered somewhere.
b) How to get the rubber window channel back into the
frame in one piece. I found no way to slide or wrap it
in.
Have fun,
Reinhard
--- Pascal Giasson <pascal.giasson@GNB.CA> wrote:
> Here is how I replaced my plastic sliding window
> guides: I modified my
> aluminium window slides (the ones glued to the
> bottom of the sliding
> windows) In order to modify the aluminium slides to
> make them properly
> accept the newer vanagon plastic guides you first
> need to remove the
> sliding window. To do this you have to remove the
> window latch (I used a
> flat screwdriver bit to remove the latch's retaining
> screw located on the
> bottom of the latch. I first loosened the screw with
> the flat screwdriver
> bit and a small adjustable wrench, then I finished
> removing the screw with
> the screwdriver bit with my
> fingers). I then removed the rubber window channel
> so that I could lift the
> sliding window up and then supposedly out. This is
> where it got a little
> tricky for me, because it would not come out like it
> was supposed to. I had
> to use some of those big carpenters clamps that can
> be used to spread thing
> apart and
> spread the aluminium window frame apart just a
> little bit so that the window
> would come out (I also had to use a wide scraper in
> the middle of the window
> (between the window glass and the aluminium frame)
> to ease the window out
> with very little force). This whole process only
> took about 5 minutes on
> the second window (once I had figured out how to get
> the window out). Once
> I had the window out, I looked at the new plastic
> window guided and figured
> out how the aluminium window slide had to be
> modified for the new guides to
> lock into place. Pretty hard to describe this part
> but it will be evident
> once you look at the aluminium slide and the new
> plastic guide. Here is my
> attempt to describe what I did: I lined up the new
> plastic guide on the
> aluminium slide and marked the little ridge inside
> the aluminium slide where
> the plastic guide should lock into it (you can see
> the locking part on the
> new plastic guided). I then took my Dremel and took
> a little notch out of
> the ridge of the window slide for the guides to lock
> into it. I then had to
> shave off a little bit of the aluminium ridge from
> the notch that I made to
> the
> end of the slide so the guide would slide in
> properly. Hope this explaines
> what I did, but it sound confusing...but once you
> get going
> you will see what needs to be done...and my
> description will likely make
> more sense. Please feel free to pmail if you have
> any other questions.
>
> Pascal
> '84 Westy
>
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