wind noise

[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

[Pete Masterson]

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
>

[Dan]

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






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[bluebird3208]

--- 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

[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.

[Stephen Birtles]

You can replace the fur strip
Stephen 77fc35

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote:
>
> 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.
>

[bloomas]

----- 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.





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[Don Bradner]

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

[Pete Masterson]

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
>
>

[Ryan Wright]

On 5/8/07, Don Bradner wrote:
> 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