Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:29:09 -0700
Reply-To: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Sliding window refurbish
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Pascal,
yes the window slides properly, I didn't take the
locking tab out, it simply depresses when pressed in
the guide, and I don't know the difference between the
old and the new pieces. I ordered them from Bus Depot.
If you have the ETKA can you tell me the part number
for the felt seals that seal against the glass of the
sliding window? There is a vertical frame and a
horizontal at the bottom to seal the window. These are
very worn in my van and it causes noise.
Thanks,
Reinhard
--- "Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)"
<Pascal.Giasson@gnb.ca> wrote:
> Reinhard
>
> Do your windows slide properly with the new guides
> in place? Did you
> take that locking tab out of the new guide so it
> would slide in the
> aluminium guide? Or maybe you managed to get the
> old style plastic
> guide pieces in which case you are all set.
>
> Regarding the felt channel, I think I just re-few it
> through once the
> window was back in place. I cant remember exactly
> but I thick I would
> get a bit in and then slide the window a bit and
> kept going that was. I
> used a spot of silicone to keep the end in place
> once it was all done.
> If your looking for a new one you might try the Bus
> Depot. You would
> likely need the part number though. I can get it
> from my ETKA at home
> if you don't have ETKA.
>
> Pascal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Reinhard Vehring
> Sent: August 14, 2007 12:32 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Sliding window refurbish
>
> 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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