Sliding window handle lock frame came off
The handle where the lock is attached keeps coming off the large sliding window above dinette. It is difficult getting pressed all the way back on the window. Does anyone know the secret to get this...
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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... ;)
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... ;)
