Sticky Jalousie windows..
Hi folks, Ive been lurking for a while, reading just about every post on the forums. Plenty of good info/advice, and humor! :) I have a '90 Marathon 28FK, first trailer and fulltiming in it. All...
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CavemanCharlie wrote:
If,,, I know what you mean. My windows stick a little too. What I usually do it to crank on the window, just a bit, then as I feel tension starting to build on the crank handle I just stop and wait. At this point I can see some of the panes are starting to open and some of them are stuck. I wait for a few to 30 seconds and suddenly POP the rest of the panes come open. Some times (Although rarely) while leaving a little tension on the crank I do have to go outside and gently help the panes open.POP
If your careful and do it slowly you will get them open every time without breaking anything.
By the way, I also have to go outside after closing mine and push on each pane slightly. That way I'm sure there shut and don't leak dust going down a gravel road.
That is exactly what I do, it depends on the temperature. I would crank it out and wait.. sometimes bang on the window frame/surrounding wall and they'd pop open. Not working too well with the weather cooling down.
I too, have to go outside and push on the panes on cold nights just to make sure. Will be putting up plastic insulation pretty soon. They really do make a difference. I have plastic on the window above my head in the bedroom, cant stand drafts!
Are your seals kinda stiff/hard? Trying to locate some seals for them with no luck. What year is your trailer?
PS when I had the window crank operators replaced, I had a mobile RV repair guy do it. He cut the operator shaft on the bottom and swapped gearboxes, and reattached the shaft using some kind of 1/2" compress fitting (Watts?) you'd see on pipes.. It seems like the only way to do it. BolerLife.com has an article about crank operator replacement. I showed it to him, we tried it but it was impossible! Now that they've been done, I can replace the operators myself in the future.
I fix everything else. When it comes to windows, forget about it!
Anyone in NW Oregon (Salem/Albany/Corvallis area), I highly recommend John P. Bachmeier. He sure knows what he's doing and has all the right tools. He does excellent work. Emergency/weekend calls are no problem for him.
Mike
