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wind noise - bluebird3208 - 05-09-2007 10:16 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright" >I posted pictures dont ask me how but they are under left's birds hope this helps. If you are interested I will post dimensions. > 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 > wind noise - Don Bradner - 05-09-2007 10:32 OK, thanks for posting them. I'm hoping the pile in the forward grooves will do the trick. If it doesn't, I'll probably get some of the original channel pile from Stephen, and go with a deflector as third choice. I'll know about the first one tomorrow, and will report. On 5/9/2007 at 10:16 PM bluebird3208 wrote: >I posted pictures dont ask me how but they are under left's birds > >hope this helps. If you are interested I will post dimensions. Don Bradner 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" Posting on the road by satellite from Kelso, Washington wind noise - Gregory OConnor - 05-09-2007 14:21 Don, Could it be the mirrors?? I wonder if you were to turn them sideways would it quiet down??? ( Test). Ramco Mirror has a two piece insert that tightens down via an allen wrench. they will mail you new plastic sets for free or send alumnium sets for ?$5.00. PB Blaster was needed to free up my mis aligned mirrors GregoryO'Connor 94p[tRomolandCa --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner" > > 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 - Don Bradner - 05-09-2007 15:14 When I talked to Stephen Birtles he said that sometimes adjusting the mirrors differently will make a difference in wind noise at the windows, but it seems to me that it might be a difficult task to find just the right spot, assuming it exists. I have the aluminum mirrors, and the allen screws are all free. When I got it, the driver mirror was fully out to the left. Good visibility there, but this rig is wide enough without that huge protrusion! I moved it forward, and in both cases the wind noise has been similar. On the right the mirrors are pretty much the way they came, although I have had that one completely off in the meantime - been working on polishing them. Even with the added top mirror they end a foot below the top of the window, so I don't think they could ever be a poor deflector. I'm in holding mode on this until I can test my first attempt at a fix tomorrow (the new pile strips in the forward tracks). Don Bradner 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" Posting on the road by satellite from Kelso, Washington On 5/10/2007 at 2:21 AM Gregory OConnor wrote: >Don, Could it be the mirrors?? I wonder if you were to turn them >sideways would it quiet down??? ( Test). Ramco Mirror has a two piece >insert that tightens down via an allen wrench. they will mail you new >plastic sets for free or send alumnium sets for ?$5.00. PB Blaster >was needed to free up my mis aligned mirrors >GregoryO'Connor >94p[tRomolandCa > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner" > >> >> I have what I consider excessive wind noise from both driver and >passenger windows at highway speed. Is this "normal" or common? Known >fixes? wind noise - Don Bradner - 05-10-2007 08:21 OK, I had a 50-mile freeway run with my "fix" of the windows, and I would call it a 90% improvement. Enough so that awareness of the noise drops into the background where you are only aware if you think about it. That's good enough for now, not worth chasing something that might or might not be better. The product used was "Ace Pile Weatherstrip" number 52210. 3/16H pile, 1/4W, adhesive back. 17 feet was $10 at a large Ace in Kelso, WA. This was run into both sides of the forward-edge track, from top to bottom and extending around the corners in inch or two into the horizontal straight portions. The inner side is wider than the outer, and on the outer it was necessary to work it in slowly with a screwdriver blade. wind noise - Curt Sprenger - 05-10-2007 12:36 Don, Good post. Thank you. I've put this on my work-items-list. Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing" Anaheim Hills, Calif. Don Bradner wrote: > OK, I had a 50-mile freeway run with my "fix" of the windows, and I > would call it a 90% improvement. Enough so that awareness of the noise > drops into the background where you are only aware if you think about > it. That's good enough for now, not worth chasing something that might > or might not be better. > > The product used was "Ace Pile Weatherstrip" number 52210. 3/16H pile, > 1/4W, adhesive back. 17 feet was $10 at a large Ace in Kelso, WA. > > This was run into both sides of the forward-edge track, from top to > bottom and extending around the corners in inch or two into the > horizontal straight portions. The inner side is wider than the outer, > and on the outer it was necessary to work it in slowly with a > screwdriver blade. > > wind noise - Curt Sprenger - 06-04-2007 01:17 I can report that adding the weather stripping, as recommended by Don Bradner, indeed stops the majority of wind noise. I purchased the Pile Seal from Ace Hardware, the same product #52210 that Don used. -- Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing" Anaheim Hills, Calif. wind noise - Don Bradner - 06-04-2007 03:30 Great! Glad to hear the suggestion was helpful. Don Bradner 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" Eureka, CA On 6/4/2007 at 6:17 AM Curt Sprenger wrote: >I can report that adding the weather stripping, as recommended by Don >Bradner, indeed stops the majority of wind noise. > >I purchased the Pile Seal from Ace Hardware, the same product #52210 >that Don used. > >-- >Curt Sprenger >1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing" >Anaheim Hills, Calif. wind noise - Ryan Wright - 06-06-2007 04:17 Curt, Don, I purchased some of this last night. Question, though: When I went to install it, I saw that there was already some weatherstripping just like it in the window channel. Now, I'm supposed to be installing this in the same channel that the window rides in, right? Such that the sliding portion of the window frame compresses against this weatherstripping? So, do I just rip the old stuff out and replace it with this? -Ryan '86 PT-40 8V92 Tri-Cities, WA On 6/4/07, Curt Sprenger > I can report that adding the weather stripping, as recommended by Don > Bradner, indeed stops the majority of wind noise. > > I purchased the Pile Seal from Ace Hardware, the same product #52210 > that Don used. > > -- > Curt Sprenger > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing" > Anaheim Hills, Calif. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > wind noise - Don Bradner - 06-06-2007 04:29 On mine, someone had installed foam insulation in the past that I had to remove. Old dry, compressed, cracked, crumbling insulation. If someone has previously installed felt (both sides of the rail?), what is wrong with it? Too compressed? If that's the case then yes, remove it and replace. There is felt in the window itself, in the channel, of a "wraparound" design that contacts both sides of the rail. I assume that worked well from the factory but has become too compressed over time to do a good job, and I suspect the fix we are doing will eventually wear out as well. Don Bradner 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" Eureka, CA On 6/6/2007 at 9:17 AM Ryan Wright wrote: >Curt, Don, > >I purchased some of this last night. Question, though: When I went to >install it, I saw that there was already some weatherstripping just >like it in the window channel. Now, I'm supposed to be installing this >in the same channel that the window rides in, right? Such that the >sliding portion of the window frame compresses against this >weatherstripping? > >So, do I just rip the old stuff out and replace it with this? > >-Ryan >'86 PT-40 8V92 >Tri-Cities, WA > >On 6/4/07, Curt Sprenger >> I can report that adding the weather stripping, as recommended by Don >> Bradner, indeed stops the majority of wind noise. >> >> I purchased the Pile Seal from Ace Hardware, the same product #52210 >> that Don used. >> >> -- >> Curt Sprenger >> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing" >> Anaheim Hills, Calif. >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > |