Window Stuck!

Snowday · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:51 am Post subject: Window Stuck!

I am sure this must be in a post somewhere here... what is the best method for unsticking a window? And what is the best lube for screens and windows. Thanks all.
Todd

Wandering Sagebrush · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:08 am Post subject:

Liquid Roller once you get it unstuck, maybe for getting it unstuck as well.

san juanderer · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:07 am Post subject:

Use one of the Wagner steam machines ( used for wall paper removal and general cleaning), there is an attachment that has a narrow point with bristles. The steam will soften all the crud build up in the track bunny fuzz. Once you have it sliding, remove the glass ( both the slider and the fixed portion ) and clean the track bunny fuzz thouroly. The steam cleaner will do this nicely, you will be amazed how much dirt has built up in the fuzz.
Sometimes just installing new bunny fuzz is easier. After cleaning, use silicone spray to lube the window track and fuzz.

Chester · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:11 am Post subject:

Assuming a side window tap the window forward with the heel of your hand before trying to pull it open.
I use silicone spray to lube the window tracks.

ssobol · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:45 am Post subject:

I have found that one of my windows gets severely stuck if it is closed too far (over closed). If I just slide the port side window as far as it will go in the closed direction it will be very hard to open again (usually involves prying). If I close it just far enough to get the latch to engage, then opening it a again is not a problem.

thataway · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:37 pm Post subject:

Just to re-inforce for those who do not know about silicone sprays: you want the dry lubricant--not a wet or gel lubricant silicone.

Rinsing the window track after each use when washing the boat down will help prevent the binding of the window in the track.

TyBoo · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:51 am Post subject:

Oh yes! I remember it well.

If your latches are like the ones on my older C-Dory windows, then closing them too tightly will cause them to stick.

Here is a picture I shared years back showing what was causing the problem with mine. To prevent it, I put a short length of rubber o-ring material in the front vertical channel to stop the window from sliding too far forward if it is slammed shut.

To unstick the window, I had to use a large flat blade screwdriver held between the aluminum frame channel and the aluminum piece that holds the latch on the sliding window. I would put the blade in there and twist it to move the window back a fraction of an inch.

Keeping the felt seal in the window track lubed with the silicone makes it slide easier but it also makes it much easier to jam the window too far forward.

Good luck!

Snowday · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:06 am Post subject:

Thanks everybody... time to try some of this out.
Todd

South of Heaven · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:42 pm Post subject:

I agree with Ssobol. If you close the windows too hard they would get stuck on my old 25 too. After learning that I got in that habit of just closing them very softly. Lol

Pandion · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:38 pm Post subject:

localboy · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:38 am Post subject:

san juanderer · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:12 am Post subject:

There is a spacer in the head track that prevents the glass from being lifted out. Once the glass is removed, all the plastic track can be removed, and the bunny fuzz can be replaced.

Gary5410 · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:11 pm Post subject: