Rear sliding windows - rebuild (step by step - LOTS of pics) AND new JCW Part #!
Hello everyone. Thought i'd start a new thread on this since i've resurrected a couple ancient ones enough times. I got my rear sliding windows from a fellow mud member (thx lynchmob!), and while they are in decent condition, they definitely are 20+ years old. So thanks to several threads, i got started on these. I will be following Tinker's advice on install, or have them installed professionally - depending on cost to install.
Tinker's install:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/231714-aussie-sliding-windows-trimmed.html
Euclid provided links to get the replacement weather strip. The old stuff was pulling up in the corners, and though it would've worked, i think the new weatherstrip will seal better in the long run. PITA looks to be cutting the corners so it bends right to fit, and cutting out the drain holes at the bottom.
Euclid's post w/ link:
WEATHERSTRIP HAS A NEW PART # @ JCWhitney!
PITA, but found it again here.
My other revived thread about pulling glass:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/67831-pulling-glass-sliding-windows.html
OK, so with that info (if anyone's awake still) i started tearing these bad boys apart.
Here's one of the "new" (to me) windows:
Remove the top screw:
open the windows so glass is in the center.
back glass comes out easy (mine just about fell out):
I wasn't able to get a pic of this part (hands full). I put the window down on the ground, with my feet through the open windows on each side of outer glass. I pulled up on both sides while holding window down w/ feet and GF pulled glass down and towards her to get it out. Not a one person job, unless mine were just especially difficult. Both of mine were this way.
SO w/ glass out:
this part gave me the most difficulty so far. Top screw is easy:
even though the parts fiche i've seen looks to show a screw at the bottom too - mine does not have a second screw!
After fiddling with it A LOT, i finally figured i'd pull the old weather strip to get a better look at the bottom attachment for this center piece.
with the weatherstrip still in (getting pics to show and ask for help)
starting to pull WS out:
while messing with it i got the bottom part of the center piece to move over and back - Tada! i was about to post pics and it solved itself.
Alright - now i pulled out the old WS, and compared it with new:
at first they didn't look close, but side by side it looks like a perfect replacement. I got 3 lengths, since Tinker or Euclid said 2 was just shy of enough. (anyone need a smidge more just let me know).
I wirewheeled them this weekend, and am primer and painting them before new WS gets put in.
I will post up pics of primered and painted next.
One question for anyone still here... what did you use to glue in the new weather strip? It had some pretty stout adhesive, almost like rubber cement, before. Suggestions?
I'll let that be enough for now. I'll update this as i go, and hopefully get these done soon.
I hope this helps the next person trying to do this on their used non-us sliders.
GL!
rob
Hello everyone. Thought i'd start a new thread on this since i've resurrected a couple ancient ones enough times. I got my rear sliding windows from a fellow mud member (thx lynchmob!), and while they are in decent condition, they definitely are 20+ years old. So thanks to several threads, i got started on these. I will be following Tinker's advice on install, or have them installed professionally - depending on cost to install.
Tinker's install:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/231714-aussie-sliding-windows-trimmed.html
Euclid provided links to get the replacement weather strip. The old stuff was pulling up in the corners, and though it would've worked, i think the new weatherstrip will seal better in the long run. PITA looks to be cutting the corners so it bends right to fit, and cutting out the drain holes at the bottom.
Euclid's post w/ link:
Had someone ask for clarification on the weatherstrip I used, maybe the tinyurl isn't working correctly.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...01&sku=ZX184894B+&searchbtn.x=2&searchbtn.y=9
WEATHERSTRIP HAS A NEW PART # @ JCWhitney!
PITA, but found it again here.
(They swear it's the same, but someone please post up and confirm!)
Tinker and Euclid especially have been huge helps - thanks guys!My other revived thread about pulling glass:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/67831-pulling-glass-sliding-windows.html
OK, so with that info (if anyone's awake still) i started tearing these bad boys apart.
Here's one of the "new" (to me) windows:
Remove the top screw:
open the windows so glass is in the center.
back glass comes out easy (mine just about fell out):
I wasn't able to get a pic of this part (hands full). I put the window down on the ground, with my feet through the open windows on each side of outer glass. I pulled up on both sides while holding window down w/ feet and GF pulled glass down and towards her to get it out. Not a one person job, unless mine were just especially difficult. Both of mine were this way.
SO w/ glass out:
this part gave me the most difficulty so far. Top screw is easy:
even though the parts fiche i've seen looks to show a screw at the bottom too - mine does not have a second screw!
After fiddling with it A LOT, i finally figured i'd pull the old weather strip to get a better look at the bottom attachment for this center piece.
with the weatherstrip still in (getting pics to show and ask for help)
starting to pull WS out:
while messing with it i got the bottom part of the center piece to move over and back - Tada! i was about to post pics and it solved itself.
Alright - now i pulled out the old WS, and compared it with new:
at first they didn't look close, but side by side it looks like a perfect replacement. I got 3 lengths, since Tinker or Euclid said 2 was just shy of enough. (anyone need a smidge more just let me know).
I wirewheeled them this weekend, and am primer and painting them before new WS gets put in.
I will post up pics of primered and painted next.
One question for anyone still here... what did you use to glue in the new weather strip? It had some pretty stout adhesive, almost like rubber cement, before. Suggestions?
I'll let that be enough for now. I'll update this as i go, and hopefully get these done soon.
I hope this helps the next person trying to do this on their used non-us sliders.
GL!
rob
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