Sliding window handle lock frame came off

jesstrue wrote:
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Now I'll just leave it alone and let the silicone spray dry and hopefully that will work. If not, or if it fails sometime in the distant future, then I will probably try the adhesive route. But how do I get the glass out of the track? ....text deleted

Unfortunately, you must remove the entire window frame from the RV. Then you will find a plate with bolts/nuts/etc either at the top or bottom of the frame than can be removed. After that, the frame can be split apart far enough to remove the window from the track.

It's really not that hard to do, and it should take about 20 minutes to get the window removed, the frame split and the window removed. Use new butyl putty tape on the window frame when re-installing.

Fred

Thank you for the information. I asked a few RV techs and one suggested a silicone lubricant that's ok for use on rubber. Once it's back on, let it dry real well. So I sprayed that into the metal channel, slipped the rubber gasket over the glass and pushed the handle back on. Well, sort of...

I was able to manually push one side almost all the way on, it snapped on as the grooves on the gasket locked with the grooves in the metal. But then I couldn't get the other side or middle down. So I used a rubber mallet to "gently" hammer down the offending side. That worked, but the gasket on that one side slipped so far out of position that I wasn't sure it was even wrapped around the glass anymore. With a little pressure I was able to get it all off and try again. I was finally able to get it all assembled again, with the gasket only a little askew.

Now I'll just leave it alone and let the silicone spray dry and hopefully that will work. If not, or if it fails sometime in the distant future, then I will probably try the adhesive route. But how do I get the glass out of the track? There are rubber bumpers at the top to stop the window from sliding up too far. I assume the first step would be to remove them, but I don't readily see how to do that. Short of just prying them out, which I made a halfhearted attempt to do before, but quit when it seemed like I was just going to mangle them. After they are removed I "think" there may be enough play at the top of the frame (where the track doesn't have the weather stripping fuzzy stuff) to angle the glass out, but I'm by no means confident in this assumption. Any advice on this would be appreciated as I'm sure I'll have need of it at some point... ;)

jesstrue wrote:
We're you able to fix this yourself? And if so, how?

I have the same problem on a window that slides up. So right now I have the glass wedged as far back into the handle that I can get it. It's able to lock, I just don't open it for fear that the glass will slip back out and break...

Hoping someone might have some advice on how to slip the rubber "sleeve" and glass back in the track on the handle...

I rebuilt a fogged up window that slides up. It had a lock on the horizontal bar on the top of the window. It was put on with a rubber gasket between the metal "U" shaped bar and the window. It was very difficult to remove, and I had to use heat and knives to get it off. When I began reassembly, there was no way that "U" shaped bar was going back on that window with the rubber gasket in place. I left the rubber gasket off, cleaned the metal of the "U" shaped bar and the window well, and used the same sealant that I used around the window spacer as a glue to hold the "U" shaped bar in place. It's held up for two years and is still strong. The sealant is CRL Black Silicone Foam and Metal Spacer I.G.Sealant. It can be purchased from the link below:

Link to sealant

I hope this works for you.

Fred

Do you have any photos of this? May help to see it.

We're you able to fix this yourself? And if so, how?

I have the same problem on a window that slides up. So right now I have the glass wedged as far back into the handle that I can get it. It's able to lock, I just don't open it for fear that the glass will slip back out and break...

Hoping someone might have some advice on how to slip the rubber "sleeve" and glass back in the track on the handle...

Lub the track, don't force the lock. 2 hands maybe necessary to shut larger windows. Put a mark on the track so you know where it locks easily. Use silicone spray often or I like a light film of grease in the track that lasts.

Call a local dealer, or factory. Temporarily lock it with a piece of 1x1 or 2 laid down in the track, cut to size.

This just happened to us too. I also am looking for an answer.