window help!

[qboat]

Bob, thanks. I have debond and will try it; the problem is getting it behind the frame and onto the sealant itself. I cannot even drive a thin metal putty knife behind the frame. It can't hurt to try soaking the area with debond, though. I hate to destroy the frame.

Here is one more dumb questiion. When I took the dog assembies loose from the lens on the hatch, the mushroom nuts that go through the lens fell out. I recovered them, but did not find an o-ring or gasket to go between the mushroom and the lens. Anybody know what goes in there? There are some white plastic washers in the assemly, but those appear to be just shims, not gaskets.

[Dog River Brat]

[thataway]

First clean out the window tracks. The "felt" is probably stuck against the glass, and often has mold and other lower life forms growing in it. Soak the track, use plenty of water. I like to put some bleach and dawn detergent in the track.

I find that I use a very small pry bar, between the frame and either exposed glass edge or the latch edge (latch pushed in) to use very gentle leverage to move the window a few mm at a time.

The latches are from the retail arm of Diamond Sea Glaze.

AdvanTec Manufacturing USA

28336 Hunter Creek Rd., Gold Beach, OR, 97444, USA
1.800.770.0455
info@advantecglobal.com

After you get the window un stuck, dry out the frame, and spay with dry silicone spray--Such as "Liquid rollers".

[colbysmith]

[thataway]

Colby mentioned window locks or lack there of.

We have always carried several locks which will keep the window from moving back on its track more than the amount opened. For example when you want to leave the windows open for ventilation, but don't want any one breaking into the boat (easily).

Here are some which are about $1.60 each.

These screw onto the window frame.

[ssobol]

[Dora~Jean]

For shipping costs, you can suggest USPS, they are usually the cheapest, but also the longest, like 4-5 days.

On the stuck sliding windows, even with particular attention to making sure to flush the areas with fresh water around the bottom and front of the sliding windows after every trip, they occasionally get stuck - usually by sliding it closed with excessive force. We've found, as suggested by others awhile back, try to first close it further (forcefully), most of the time it will release and allow it to slide again.

[smckean (Tosca)]

I read the tip above from thataway a couple of years ago. Now I use the silicone spray he suggests in the "felt" lined tracks once the tracks are thoroughly cleaned and dry. Never had a problem since (altho I usually don't quite close them 100% to avoid the "click lock").

[tsturm]