Shawn,
The advice from Billy and Jim is correct. But I don't think they conveyed
the information you'd have gotten by watching Jim Bounds replace that felt
channel a few times. And I probably can't convey 20% of that in words, but
will try: The felt channel will have to come out of the window frame to
provide clearance for you to remove the glass. After you've removed the
divider, per instructions, slide the glass all the way to the rear. You've
now got to get the forward end of the channel out of the top and bottom of
the frame. Removing the vertical piece of channel at the front will make
getting a hold on the long, around-the-glass piece easier. Once you've
gotten a grip on the channel the fun begins: You've got to pull the
channel around the glass and out of the frame. Choose one end, probably
the bottom and slide the glass toward the front while pulling the channel
in the same direction. The channel should pull away from the vertical
frame at the rear. You'll want to push & pull the channel toward the rear
at about the same time. Eventually, manipulation of the glass and channel
should enable you to get the entire channel out, freeing the glass.
Hopefully no one has glued the channel into the frame; if they have, you
may have to cut the channel, then clean up ALL the residue before replacing
the channel.
Installation is sort of the same task in reverse: work the channel under
the glass from the rear until you can get it all the way to the front of
the frame, then do the other end at the top. You DO want to use the old
channel as a pattern to cut the new channel -- or trim carefully after
everything's in place except the upper forward end.
After writing all that, it occurs to me that Jim Bounds, the usual source
for the new channel, probably has a tutorial on his web site. Check it out
before proceeding.
Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI & EBL,
Manny Brakes & 1-Ton, Troy-Bilt APU, etc., etc., etc.
www.gmcwipersetc.com
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 11:58 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
> > Shawn, leave the outer window frame alone. Unless it is flooding the
> inside
> > of the coach. What Bdub was referring to was the metal channel piece that
> > travels with the sliding glass. Take a piece of hardwood flooring small
> > enough to hold in your hand, and a mallet to strike it with, and
> > alternately hit the ends of that channel piece. You drive on it until it
> is
> > removed. That enables you to move the glass piece far enough to remove
> the
> > channels that the glass slides back and and forth in. When both the upper
> > and lower channels have been removed, you can lift the glass up, pull the
> > bottom of the glass towards you, and remove it.
> > Jim Hupy
> > Salem, Oregon
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 8:25 AM Shawn Harris via Gmclist <
> >
> > > Thanks guys but I'm left a bit confused as I'm not sure if this is
> > > conflicting advice. Bill, are you suggesting that I knock out the
> divider
> > > then
> > > remove slides (I assume you mean the felt channel) and then I should
> be
> > > able to replace without removing the window, or are you suggesting
> the the
> > > above process needs to be done with the whole window removed as Bruce
> > > mentions? TIA
> > > --
> > > Shawn Harris
> > > 1977 Palm Beach 403
> > > Bone stock - gutted interior
> > > North Vancouver,
> > > Canada
> > >
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> Got it! Thanks so much Jim. Much appreciated!
> --
> Shawn Harris
> 1977 Palm Beach 403
> Bone stock - gutted interior
> North Vancouver,
> Canada
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