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wind noise - Don Bradner - 05-08-2007 04:39 I have what I consider excessive wind noise from both driver and passenger windows at highway speed. Is this "normal" or common? Known fixes? Don Bradner 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" Posting on the road by satellite from Kelso, Washington wind noise - Pete Masterson - 05-08-2007 07:09 You may need to renew the weather stripping in the window. I have a pesky air leak in the driver's side window that goes away when I press on the glass with my hand (making the seal tighter). Pete Masterson aeonix1@... '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42' El Sobrante, CA On May 8, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Don Bradner wrote: > I have what I consider excessive wind noise from both driver and > passenger windows at highway speed. Is this "normal" or common? > Known fixes? > > Don Bradner > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" > Posting on the road by satellite from > Kelso, Washington > wind noise - Dan - 05-08-2007 07:36 It may be coming from the door seal. I think at the factory they put a two by four between the door and frame and push on the door. I have that problem and I've considered putting another deadbolt up higher on the door to pull it in. Dan 88PT38 Jackson, MS ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Bradner To: wanderlodgeforum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:39 AM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] wind noise I have what I consider excessive wind noise from both driver and passenger windows at highway speed. Is this "normal" or common? Known fixes? Don Bradner 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" Posting on the road by satellite from Kelso, Washington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.5/793 - Release Date: 5/7/2007 2:55 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] wind noise - bluebird3208 - 05-08-2007 11:29 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson wrote: > > You may need to renew the weather stripping in the window. I have a > pesky air leak in the driver's side window that goes away when I > press on the glass with my hand (making the seal tighter). > > Pete Masterson > aeonix1@... > '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42' > El Sobrante, CA > > > > > On May 8, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Don Bradner wrote: > > > I have what I consider excessive wind noise from both driver and > > passenger windows at highway speed. Is this "normal" or common? > > Known fixes? > > > > Don Bradner > > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" > > Posting on the road by satellite from > > Kelso, Washington > > > I had the same problem and built two stainless steel wind defletors and mounted them ahead of the windows. No wind noise until 80 Mph relative wind speed. If you are interested I will post a photo Jim Hutchings 83 FCRB 250 HP cat wind noise - Don Bradner - 05-08-2007 14:01 On 5/8/2007 at 11:29 PM bluebird3208 wrote: > I had the same problem and built two stainless steel wind defletors >and mounted them ahead of the windows. No wind noise until 80 Mph >relative wind speed. If you are interested I will post a photo Sure, always interested in what others have done. On mine, and I don't know how common window designs are, the sliding windows have a groove that has a pile-type weather strip that goes around a metal "blade" above, below, and at the forward edge of the frame. I don't see any way to renew that strip. There is, in the channels to each side of the forward "blade," foam weatherstripping. This looks like it was an add-on, presumably for the same noise reason. It is old, dry, cracked, and not doing its job. I went to a large hardware store today to buy some of the same stuff, and nearly did (1/8 thick, 1/4 wide foam), but then I spotted some 1/4-inch wide pile stripping, and decided to go with that. The old foam came out fairly easily, and the pile went in easily. It will be a couple of days before we move again, so I won't know until then if the fix worked. wind noise - Stephen Birtles - 05-08-2007 14:29 You can replace the fur strip Stephen 77fc35 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner" > > On 5/8/2007 at 11:29 PM bluebird3208 wrote: > > > I had the same problem and built two stainless steel wind defletors > >and mounted them ahead of the windows. No wind noise until 80 Mph > >relative wind speed. If you are interested I will post a photo > > Sure, always interested in what others have done. > > On mine, and I don't know how common window designs are, the sliding windows have a groove that has a pile-type weather strip that goes around a metal "blade" above, below, and at the forward edge of the frame. I don't see any way to renew that strip. > > There is, in the channels to each side of the forward "blade," foam weatherstripping. This looks like it was an add-on, presumably for the same noise reason. It is old, dry, cracked, and not doing its job. I went to a large hardware store today to buy some of the same stuff, and nearly did (1/8 thick, 1/4 wide foam), but then I spotted some 1/4-inch wide pile stripping, and decided to go with that. The old foam came out fairly easily, and the pile went in easily. It will be a couple of days before we move again, so I won't know until then if the fix worked. > wind noise - bloomas - 05-08-2007 14:37 ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Bradner To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: wind noise I also have them plus one for the door. Bob Loomas 1985 PT 36 On 5/8/2007 at 11:29 PM bluebird3208 wrote: > I had the same problem and built two stainless steel wind defletors >and mounted them ahead of the windows. No wind noise until 80 Mph >relative wind speed. If you are interested I will post a photo Sure, always interested in what others have done. On mine, and I don't know how common window designs are, the sliding windows have a groove that has a pile-type weather strip that goes around a metal "blade" above, below, and at the forward edge of the frame. I don't see any way to renew that strip. There is, in the channels to each side of the forward "blade," foam weatherstripping. This looks like it was an add-on, presumably for the same noise reason. It is old, dry, cracked, and not doing its job. I went to a large hardware store today to buy some of the same stuff, and nearly did (1/8 thick, 1/4 wide foam), but then I spotted some 1/4-inch wide pile stripping, and decided to go with that. The old foam came out fairly easily, and the pile went in easily. It will be a couple of days before we move again, so I won't know until then if the fix worked. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] wind noise - Don Bradner - 05-08-2007 14:58 OK, I'll bite. Assuming the strip is easy to buy, how do you get the window out of the track, and back in after replacing the strip? On 5/9/2007 at 2:29 AM Stephen Birtles wrote: >You can replace the fur strip wind noise - Pete Masterson - 05-09-2007 02:22 Yes, post a picture. Might save the job of disassembling the window to renew the weather seals. Pete Masterson '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42 aeonix1@... On the road at Lockhart Texas On May 8, 2007, at 6:29 PM, bluebird3208 wrote: > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson > wrote: >> >> You may need to renew the weather stripping in the window. I have > a >> pesky air leak in the driver's side window that goes away when I >> press on the glass with my hand (making the seal tighter). >> >> <snip> >>> >> I had the same problem and built two stainless steel wind defletors > and mounted them ahead of the windows. No wind noise until 80 Mph > relative wind speed. If you are interested I will post a photo > > Jim Hutchings > 83 FCRB 250 HP cat > > wind noise - Ryan Wright - 05-09-2007 06:00 On 5/8/07, Don Bradner > On 5/8/2007 at 11:29 PM bluebird3208 wrote: > > > I had the same problem and built two stainless steel wind defletors > >and mounted them ahead of the windows. No wind noise until 80 Mph > >relative wind speed. If you are interested I will post a photo > > Sure, always interested in what others have done. I'd like to see these, too, Jim. -Ryan '86 PT-40 8V92 Tri-Cities, WA |