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Sidurian
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Initially Posted - 07/08/2002 : 14:26:58

OK - thanks for all the posts regarding this tedious job but this is what happened: I tried the black caulking from the auto glass store and ran a bead into the channel - before I got all the stuff around the bottom half of the frame - let alone the top, it had already started to dry and so that nixed the whole butyl rubber caulking routine. Besides, the stuff was so hard to get out of the tube (even after letting it sit in 95 degree weather and full sun) that I almost broke my hands using the caulking gun.

I then said: "*#!$%" or something to that effect and decided to run a bead of silicone rubber caulking on the inside of the frame, where the window sits. I realized a bit too late that the frame is not straight but bent; therefore, the window glass SHOULD have been propped into the middle of the smaller (there are two) channels (phew) but at this point I just wanted to get this over with.

To continue: After running a full bead of that silicone rubber stuff in the lower half of the frame, I placed the glass into the channe, repeated the procedure for the upper half of the frame, stuck that on top of the glass and used the two screws with the aluminum plate on each side of the window to fasten the whole thing. To digress a bit, I realized after I've almost completed four windows that it helps to have one of those screws already mounted on the plate before sticking the top part of the frame on.

Anyhoo, there was silicone rubber all over the window and the manufacturer must have been laughing hysterically at the mess I made but like I said, at this point....!!! I then used regular silicone caulking or whatever that Lifeseal stuff is made out of, on the frame where the glass is NOT mounted, and spread some stuff as well on the cabin window opening as well (just to make sure that there is some kind of sealant in there). I dragged the windows outside, got some caulking here and there, but generally speaking, the windows got plopped into place with lots of caulking oozing out all over the place.

Not to worry, it cleans up really nicely with a racor blade the following day (don't forget to use a long handle to make the job easier). Bottom line is: there are no more leaks! Forget about the grey channel stuff that CD sends you - it would only work if you used the same procedure as outline above with the exception that you'd have to cut away silicone from it as well from the window.

NO LEAKING WINDOWS! Even after blasting them with water, not a drop. I'm breathing a sigh of relief, even if it is only for a couple of years. :)

There's always something!

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