RE: [A/S] window replacement

["Tim S." <safari_tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since your computer is down I'll give you a rundown here on the procedure.
It's on my website in my signature line.

You cannot do this from the inside.  The window frame has to come out.

You do not drill the rivets out either.  You use a chisel and a hammer and
knock the heads of the rivets.  Next is the vertical bar that is on the
inside edge of the window toward the center window.  You use a small wood
block and a hammer and knock it up and it slides out of the channel that
holds the two windows together.

With that done, the window frame will come off with a little help of a putty
knife sliding under the frame.  There are two screws on the straight frame
segment that will come off and allow a new piece of lexan to slide in place.

Use a piece of cardboard to make a template until your satisfied that the
shape will work then transfer it to the lexan.  Most lexan pieces only have
one side treated to be in the sunlight so keep that in mind when your making
your cuts.

After you have the new lexan secured into the frame you need to prep the
trailer opening.

On the trailer you will have many rivet stumps left from where you knocked
the heads off.  What you want to do now is use a rotary tool to cut them
flush with the skin.  Spread a good amount of vulkem around the opening to
seal it.

Now take your frame and set it in place.  Use the reverse procedure of the
wood block and hammer and knock the edge channel back down to hold the
window in place.  Now use the drill bit just big enough for the Olympic
rivet to pre drill some holes using the existing holes in the frame as your
guide.

Put a dab vulkem on each rivet as you put them in.  They use a standard
rivet gun.  Continue until all rivets are replaced.

Use some mineral spirits to clean up and your done.



>    What makes the Olmpic rivets worth the wait?

Olympic rivets provide a very strong joint when compared to a standard rivet
as they spread apart when tightened much like a drywall anchor does.  Always
use the washerless type and add your own vulkem.

You can do all this for probably $30 total for both windows.


 -Tim
www.ldservice.com/tim/tim