10-25-2023, 04:13 PM
First of all, the torqueing of the coach will pop out the windshield in our era coach.
Second, it’s not too hard to reseat the glass and move the gasket IF you have this tool. https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-47000-Winds...6786570532
DO NOT remove the locking strip if you do not have this tool. It is an easy job with the tool to put the strip back in, and an IMPOSSIBLE one without the tool .
Third, and I am hesitant to go down this path because it is definitely zebras not horses. I had the occasion to help an Newell owner with a windshield that WOULD NOT stay in place. When he had the glass replaced at the mothership, he insisted on a new gasket. I will cut to the chase scene. The new gasket had a wider wed width, the distance between the two open channels. It didn’t seem like much but it made the windshield extremely difficult to install because the windshield plus web width is now bigger than the opening in the coach. But it was forced into place many many times, only to pop back out as soon as the coach hit the road. The tell tale sign from the outside of the coach is the glass appeared ‘proud’ at the corners. It would sit outside the contours of the glass.
The solution was to remove a small amount of fiberglass from the opening.
The folks who made the first attempts did not truly understand the situation, so in an effort to get the glass to sit further back into the coach, they removed material along the A pillar. Several times.
The real solution was to remove material along the long horizontal runs at the bottom and top of the opening.
I am not saying this is your problem, but “new gasket” and “difficult to install” raised my eyebrows to the possibility.
Second, it’s not too hard to reseat the glass and move the gasket IF you have this tool. https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-47000-Winds...6786570532
DO NOT remove the locking strip if you do not have this tool. It is an easy job with the tool to put the strip back in, and an IMPOSSIBLE one without the tool .
Third, and I am hesitant to go down this path because it is definitely zebras not horses. I had the occasion to help an Newell owner with a windshield that WOULD NOT stay in place. When he had the glass replaced at the mothership, he insisted on a new gasket. I will cut to the chase scene. The new gasket had a wider wed width, the distance between the two open channels. It didn’t seem like much but it made the windshield extremely difficult to install because the windshield plus web width is now bigger than the opening in the coach. But it was forced into place many many times, only to pop back out as soon as the coach hit the road. The tell tale sign from the outside of the coach is the glass appeared ‘proud’ at the corners. It would sit outside the contours of the glass.
The solution was to remove a small amount of fiberglass from the opening.
The folks who made the first attempts did not truly understand the situation, so in an effort to get the glass to sit further back into the coach, they removed material along the A pillar. Several times.
The real solution was to remove material along the long horizontal runs at the bottom and top of the opening.
I am not saying this is your problem, but “new gasket” and “difficult to install” raised my eyebrows to the possibility.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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