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mdettling
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Sep 25, 2012

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 windows are jalousie type. A few of them stick when trying to open them. Busted the torque operator (twice!) on the large window behind the couch. Have to either take the screen off and push the window panes until they pop open, or go outside and pull on the bottom of the panes.

The rubber seals do seem dry and stiff. Is there a way to adjust the windows, so that they do not stick, or are new seals in order? Any ideas/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Mike

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  • BuckBarker wrote:
    The only cure for sticking aluminum is........."Alumaslick" sold at Home Depot and Lowes. Nuttin' works better.


    Where would I put that stuff? I tried vaseline.

    It seems that the panes somehow got out of alignment, and the bottom of the top pane is sticking to the top of the middle pane, the bottom pane never has sticking issues. I will post a pic sometime, can't find the make of the window..

    Mike
  • The only cure for sticking aluminum is........."Alumaslick" sold at Home Depot and Lowes. Nuttin' works better.