| [GMCnet] Interior Window Trim [message #170841] |
Fri, 25 May 2012 15:48  |
Bruce Hart
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I have attempted to remove the interior window trim from a '73 coach. The
corner pieces came off easily but the straight pieces won't slide off of
the holding bracket.
I broke one piece trying to pry it off. Any ides on how to remove the
straight pieces in one piece?
Bruce Hart
1976 Palm Beach
Milliken, Co
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1976 Palm Beach
1977 28' Kingsley
La Grange, Wyoming
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interior Window Trim [message #170846 is a reply to message #170841] |
Fri, 25 May 2012 16:22  |
shawnee
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| Bruce Hart wrote on Fri, 25 May 2012 16:48 |
I have attempted to remove the interior window trim from a '73 coach. The
corner pieces came off easily but the straight pieces won't slide off of
the holding bracket.
I broke one piece trying to pry it off. Any ides on how to remove the
straight pieces in one piece?
Bruce Hart
1976 Palm Beach
Milliken, Co
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Bruce:
I have used a rubber hammer to tap on the top or bottom of the plastic pieces to get the part to start moving. The bracket has a slot in it and the plastic has a piece that fits in the slot. You can only remove them by sliding them out of the metal bracket.
Gene Dotson
74 Canyonlands
www.bdub.net/Motorhome_Enhancements New Windows and Aluminum Radiators
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interior Window Trim [message #170851 is a reply to message #170846] |
Fri, 25 May 2012 17:35 |
Bruce Hart
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I tried to pull with a pair of pliers but it was stuck after moving 6
inches.
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Gene Dotson <shawnee@charter.net> wrote:
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> Bruce Hart wrote on Fri, 25 May 2012 16:48
> > I have attempted to remove the interior window trim from a '73 coach.
> The
> > corner pieces came off easily but the straight pieces won't slide off of
> > the holding bracket.
> > I broke one piece trying to pry it off. Any ides on how to remove the
> > straight pieces in one piece?
> >
> > Bruce Hart
> > 1976 Palm Beach
> > Milliken, Co
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> Bruce:
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> I have used a rubber hammer to tap on the top or bottom of the plastic
> pieces to get the part to start moving. The bracket has a slot in it and
> the plastic has a piece that fits in the slot. You can only remove them by
> sliding them out of the metal bracket.
> --
> Gene Dotson
> 74 Canyonlands
> www.bdub.net/Motorhome_Enhancements New Windows and Aluminum Radiators
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interior Window Trim [message #170860 is a reply to message #170846] |
Fri, 25 May 2012 20:51 |
Dennis S
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Like Gene, I have used a rubber mallet to move them along. But, some of them are a bit too long to come off except in one direction. And sometimes the ends have shrunk or almost melted and break anyway. Installing them is also a pain -- trying to get them started and moving. I tried setting them over the track and smacking them to snap them in place -- you break some more.
Patience and spares required...
Dennis
| shawnee wrote on Fri, 25 May 2012 16:22 |
| Bruce Hart wrote on Fri, 25 May 2012 16:48 |
I have attempted to remove the interior window trim from a '73 coach. The
corner pieces came off easily but the straight pieces won't slide off of
the holding bracket.
I broke one piece trying to pry it off. Any ides on how to remove the
straight pieces in one piece?
Bruce Hart
1976 Palm Beach
Milliken, Co
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Bruce:
I have used a rubber hammer to tap on the top or bottom of the plastic pieces to get the part to start moving. The bracket has a slot in it and the plastic has a piece that fits in the slot. You can only remove them by sliding them out of the metal bracket.
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Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Memphis TN Metro
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interior Window Trim [message #170890 is a reply to message #170841] |
Sat, 26 May 2012 12:53 |
KB
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when I took off the trim on our '73 coach, I ended up destroying most
of them. If you can get them to slide off, great, but not always possible.
On the '75, I was much more careful. I found if you pry off the lip that
hooks over the aluminum strip behind the trip with your thumb, you
can usually get it off without breaking. Start at one end and push the
trim in toward the center of the window while simultaneously pulling the
inner hooked edge outward (toward you) off the aluminum backer. To reinstall,
reverse the moves.
hope this helps
Karen
1973 23'
1975 26'
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