Migrating window [message #325464] |
Thu, 26 October 2017 20:55 |
GMCRanger
Messages: 13 Registered: September 2017 Location: central IL
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Our rear stationary window on the driver's side has migrated about 3/4" away from the frame.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/window-fixes/p63865-wandering-window.html
Previous owners each contributed a new variety of sealant to the ever-widening gap.
We've ordered the materials to reseat the window properly BUT I cannot locate any spacers either beneath the glass or along the side of the frame.
Does anyone have a photo of the spacers for a Hehr stationary window and/or an approximate idea of their size and location?
Our POs left us a pile of mismatched manuals for different years, and the online manual has a photo that shows the spacers but the photo's so dark that I can't make anything out. A clearer shot of that photo (1976 manual) would show approximate location of the spacers but I'd still need to know what size they're supposed to be.
Lori (and Joe) - ’76 Eleganza II - central IL
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Re: Migrating window [message #325471 is a reply to message #325464] |
Fri, 27 October 2017 07:37 |
mghamms
Messages: 466 Registered: March 2016 Location: Ware, Massachusetts
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I had the same problem with the same window.
The spacers are about 1/8". Two on the front side one on the top and one on the bottom.
I found them in the sealant when I removed the window.
They just keep the space even and are not that fussy.
I used a butal rubber sealant in a caulk gun and suction cups from flee bay.
1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
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Re: Migrating window [message #325477 is a reply to message #325464] |
Fri, 27 October 2017 09:44 |
Carl S.
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Once you get the window back in the right place, carefully (so as not to hit the glass) drill and pop rivet the vertical bar in place so it doesn't happen again.
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
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Re: Migrating window [message #325482 is a reply to message #325477] |
Fri, 27 October 2017 10:31 |
mghamms
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Carl S. wrote on Fri, 27 October 2017 09:44Once you get the window back in the right place, carefully )so as not to hit the glass) drill and pop rivet the vertical bar in place so it doesn't happen again.
Yea forgot I did that also.
1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
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Re: Migrating window [message #325496 is a reply to message #325471] |
Sat, 28 October 2017 13:29 |
GMCRanger
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mghamms wrote on Fri, 27 October 2017 07:37The spacers are about 1/8". Two on the front side one on the top and one on the bottom.
I found them in the sealant when I removed the window.
Carl S. wrote on Fri, 27 October 2017 09:44Once you get the window back in the right place, carefully (so as not to hit the glass) drill and pop rivet the vertical bar in place so it doesn't happen again.
Thank you!
Lori (and Joe) - ’76 Eleganza II - central IL
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