sticking slidingwindows

[Wallace Craig]

Anyone have a suggestion to help with sticking sliding windows on 95/42? I don't want to start experimenting and destroy the Plexiglas in the process. Wallace Craig 95 WLWB 42 Azle, Texas

[brad barton]

Wallace.

Takie it from me. Sticking windows on a Wanderlodge are lot better than leaky windows on a Newell.

Mine are real tight and the little aluminum gripsare tough to hold onto. If mine are stuck, I take a damp microfiber cloth and wrap it around the window grip for more leverage.If that doesn't work, I spray a little silicone lube through the straw attachmentbetween the channel and window, push and pound on it a little to break it loose. After that, I clean the channel inside and out with atoothbrush or something similar, then lube it again and slide it back and forth until it...uh.........what was I talking about again?

Brad Barton 00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...

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Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] sticking slidingwindows

Anyone have a suggestion to help with sticking sliding windows on 95/42? I don't want to start experimenting and destroy the Plexiglas in the process. Wallace Craig 95 WLWB 42 Azle, Texas

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[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wallace Craig
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> Anyone have a suggestion to help with sticking sliding windows on
95/42? I don't want to start experimenting and destroy the Plexiglas
in the process.
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> Wallace Craig
> 95 WLWB 42
> Azle, Texas
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I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MIGHT USE A BAR OF SOAP "IVORY" THE SOAP THAT
FLOATS! JUST RUN IT DOWN THE TRACS AND YOUR WINDOW WILL CLOSE LIKE
GLASS.

[Pete Masterson]

Which window is sticking? (Oh, and they're not plexiglas -- they're tempered glass.)

The bedroom windows tend to be hard to open. A _lot_ of pressure may get it open. Then clean the frame/slide carefully and lubricate with silicon stuff.

The small sliding part of the other windows usually don't stick unless the latch is jammed. The driver's window and the similar window in the door have aluminum frames, like the bedroom, and will usually yield with enough pressure -- then clean and lubricate.

The aluminum to aluminum contact in the windows tends to tighten up over time so they're very difficult to move.

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42 (For Sale)

<http://www.aeonix.biz/BBforsale.html>

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Jan 20, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Wallace Craig wrote:

Anyone have a suggestion to help with sticking sliding windows on 95/42? I don't want to start experimenting and destroy the Plexiglas in the process. Wallace Craig 95WLWB42 Azle, Texas

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[timvasqz]

Liquid wrench makes a dry lubricant spray that seems to work ok.
best would be to dremmel polish the alumnium track with valve
grinding compound down to polish. the alumnium gets rough as the
sand cuts a path. --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, brad
barton <bbartonwx@...> wrote:
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> Wallace.
> Takie it from me. Sticking windows on a Wanderlodge are lot
better than leaky windows on a Newell.
> Mine are real tight and the little aluminum grips are tough to
hold onto. If mine are stuck, I take a damp microfiber cloth and
wrap it around the window grip for more leverage. If that doesn't
work, I spray a little silicone lube through the straw attachment
between the channel and window, push and pound on it a little to
break it loose. After that, I clean the channel inside and out with
a toothbrush or something similar, then lube it again and slide it
back and forth until it...uh.........what was I talking about
again? Brad Barton 00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...
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[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" wrote:
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> 95/42? I don't want to start experimenting and destroy the
Plexiglas
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> > Azle, Texas


Hay that soap really does work and its 99.9 percent free of bad
stuff. I use it on my house windows also. Give it a try on one
window and if your not satified than use it on your self.
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> FLOATS! JUST RUN IT DOWN THE TRACS AND YOUR WINDOW WILL CLOSE LIKE
> GLASS.
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[Michael Brody]

I was shown at the factory that a lever on a piece of wood next to the window and against the alum inum latch works.

I now have a hefty screw driver handy to the driver's seat.

After the window is open, I clean with brass wool and spray with teflon lube.

Mike

'97 BMC 40'

Michael Brody
P.O. Box 281
Dresher, Pennsylvania 19025

(V) 215-572-0663
(F) 215-572-6992

[Eric Perplies]

Usually, on my windows the problem isn't really the windows sticking.
The problem is the latches remaining locked when I think I have
released them. If there is ANY tension on the latch you can't get the
latch to release. Since there is so very little movement in latch you
think that because you are squeezing it firmly, you think it is
released. It is not released. The problem is that there is a small
negative angle on the latch. If there is any pressure on (my)
latches, they won't release.

When this happens on my coach,(Usually my wife tells me the "window is
stuck again" in THAT voice.) I grab the latch, push the window closed
a wee bit more, then depress the latch and open the window. The
secret is to close the window (on my coach) with just the right force.
Too lightly and the window springs back when released and there is
tension on the latch. Too firmly and the window jumps back with the
latch engaged and puts tension on the latch.

As far as lubricants on the slides I would be very careful. The
temptation is to shoot lube or silicon on the slides. I fear a
buildup of silicone that will eventually lead to a build up of gunk.
(Look at your tow bar for evidence of that.) Usually, twice a year I
brush Aerospace 303 on the slides. I perceive no buildup with the 303.

One last comment: Never even look through your windows with a can of
any kind of oil or dry lube in your hand.

Happy trails,

Eric Perplies
96' 42' WBWL
currently in Fredericksburg, TX