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Fixing dining area window. [message #300197]

Thu, 05 May 2016 15:05

Duce Apocalypse

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Today I noticed the fixed window in my dining area has moved creating a 3/16 to 1/4 gap between the window glass and frame. I tired to bang it back and it closed a littlebit but still has a gap. How would i press the window back in without having to remove the entire frame?

73 Canyon Lands, (a.k.a. The Yellow Submarine) West Los Angeles CA

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Re: [GMCnet] Fixing dining area window. [message #300205 is a reply to message #300197]

Thu, 05 May 2016 17:13

sgltrac

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Get the window hot like parked in the sun for awhile hot. Try applying firm
steady pressure once the window and sealant is hot.

Sully
77 Royale
Seattle

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Shan Rose wrote:

> Today I noticed the fixed window in my dining area has moved creating a
> 3/16 to 1/4 gap between the window glass and frame. I tired to bang it back
> and it closed a littlebit but still has a gap. How would i press the
> window back in without having to remove the entire frame?
>
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Re: Fixing dining area window. [message #300231 is a reply to message #300197]

Fri, 06 May 2016 12:42

wally

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Duce Apocalypse wrote on Thu, 05 May 2016 15:05

Today I noticed the fixed window in my dining area has moved creating a 3/16 to 1/4 gap between the window glass and frame. I tired to bang it back and it closed a littlebit but still has a gap. How would i press the window back in without having to remove the entire frame?

What Sully posted worked for us. I used a thin piece of plywood a little wider than the opening bowed to push on the window. Set it so the window was in the sun and it went back in place.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/power-level-valve-fitting/p21954-pushing-the-window-back-in-place.html

Wally Anderson
Omaha NE
75 Glenbrook

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Re: [GMCnet] Fixing dining area window. [message #300243 is a reply to message #300231]

Fri, 06 May 2016 20:39

jimk

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One can use a hair dryer/heat gun and heat the vertical member and use a 2
x 4 wood and a sledge hammer and push it back then pin the Aluminum trim.

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Wally Anderson
wrote:

> Duce Apocalypse wrote on Thu, 05 May 2016 15:05
>> Today I noticed the fixed window in my dining area has moved creating a
> 3/16 to 1/4 gap between the window glass and frame. I tired to bang it
>> back and it closed a littlebit but still has a gap. How would i press
> the window back in without having to remove the entire frame?
>
> What Sully posted worked for us. I used a thin piece of plywood a little
> wider than the opening bowed to push on the window. Set it so the window was
> in the sun and it went back in place.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/power-level-valve-fitting/p21954-pushing-the-window-back-in-place.html
>
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Re: Fixing dining area window. [message #300246 is a reply to message #300197]

Sat, 07 May 2016 00:48

roy1

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When you get it back in place drill a small hole in the upper and lower part of the aluminum devider and put a small screw in each end as Jim said to pin it. Careful don't contact the glass as it will shatter. This is a factory fix on later coaches.

Roy Keen Minden,NV 76 X Glenbrook

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