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78 Sliding Side Window Rubber [message #357785] Mon, 17 August 2020 17:20 Go to next message
beachdad is currently offline  beachdad   United States
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Hello folks. Slider window problem. Some scurrilous knaves broke one large slider and one small slider on the driver side in a burglary. Windows are replaced and I decided it was a good time for this 78 Royale Transmode to get new window rubber and tint. Windows work great when all put together until the molding is added. Same with the undamaged windows; they slide fine until the new molding (Golby) is added then they become extremely hard/impossible to slide. I have tried silicone spray with very little improvement. Tint has been cut back where the window contacts the track. Any ideas or advice?

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Re: 78 Sliding Side Window Rubber [message #357786 is a reply to message #357785] Mon, 17 August 2020 19:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Matt Colie is currently offline  Matt Colie   United States
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Beachdad,

Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum.....

I cannot help you with your window issue, but there is a real good bet that someone will come along that can.

What I would like you to do, so we can better assist you, is for you to fill in a sigfile. You do this by going up to <Control Panel/Account Settings>. Then scroll down to <Preferences> and you will find a Signature box. In that box please, put in a real name because we really like to know who we are helping and when you meet others from this group, they will feel less stupid when they see the name tag. Then a short about the coach because they are not all the same and please include any major mods as they can matter. Finally, a geographic reference is a help because showing up here means that you just now collected a huge number of old friends that you need to meet and some may be in striking range and can be very helpful when you are trying to sort out issues.

Now, be aware that this is a very different community that may be a little off-putting until you realize that it is real. This is a community of supportive and helping people that there are very few of in the world today. Everybody here has a not-so-secret agenda. That is to see to it that you get to enjoy both the coach itself and what it can do for you as well as the community that it connects you to. The only other community like this that I know of is that of the watermen that are my world. For that reason, I have taken to welcome new owners here much as you might be welcomed there. So,

May the Good Lord bless this coach and all those that set forth within her.

Welcome (Beachdad)

Matt


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Re: [GMCnet] 78 Sliding Side Window Rubber [message #357791 is a reply to message #357786] Mon, 17 August 2020 23:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jimk is currently offline  jimk   United States
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Call Applied GMC and ask NICK as he can help you out like others we do .


On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 5:57 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:

> Beachdad,
>
> Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum.....
>
> I cannot help you with your window issue, but there is a real good bet
> that someone will come along that can.
>
> What I would like you to do, so we can better assist you, is for you to
> fill in a sigfile. You do this by going up to Settings>. Then scroll down to and you will find a
> Signature box. In that box please, put in a real name because we really
> like to
> know who we are helping and when you meet others from this group, they
> will feel less stupid when they see the name tag. Then a short about the
> coach
> because they are not all the same and please include any major mods as
> they can matter. Finally, a geographic reference is a help because showing
> up
> here means that you just now collected a huge number of old friends that
> you need to meet and some may be in striking range and can be very helpful
> when you are trying to sort out issues.
>
> Now, be aware that this is a very different community that may be a little
> off-putting until you realize that it is real. This is a community of
> supportive and helping people that there are very few of in the world
> today. Everybody here has a not-so-secret agenda. That is to see to it
> that
> you get to enjoy both the coach itself and what it can do for you as well
> as the community that it connects you to. The only other community like
> this that I know of is that of the watermen that are my world. For that
> reason, I have taken to welcome new owners here much as you might be
> welcomed
> there. So,
>
> May the Good Lord bless this coach and all those that set forth within
> her.
>
> Welcome (Beachdad)
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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Re: 78 Sliding Side Window Rubber [message #357902 is a reply to message #357785] Fri, 21 August 2020 09:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
beachdad is currently offline  beachdad   United States
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Thank you folks. Today out of curiosity I checked the old vs new molding for profile; Almost the same, likely close enough but what was surprising is the old rubber is more flexible than the new stuff! The lip that contacts the window is ever so slightly thicker and more rigid and I imagine this is the source of the problem.
Re: 78 Sliding Side Window Rubber [message #357903 is a reply to message #357902] Fri, 21 August 2020 11:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mghamms is currently offline  mghamms   United States
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I use a silicon lub.
paste works best spray good.


1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
Re: [GMCnet] 78 Sliding Side Window Rubber [message #357918 is a reply to message #357903] Fri, 21 August 2020 19:46 Go to previous message
Bruce Hart is currently offline  Bruce Hart   United States
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Jim Bounds suggests for best results to install the rubbers on a hot day.
As the sun heats up the rubber it softens and is more pliable.
As for me I use a heat gun and heat up a two foot section at a time being
careful as not to stretch the rubber.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:28 AM Mike Hamm via Gmclist <
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> I use a silicon lub.
> paste works best spray good.
> --
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