Tim,
My rock guard rail is mounted about 1/4" above the window frame. My pet peeve is that my rail is about 2" shorter than I think it should be, it dumps the water directly on top of the rails that hold the front window to the wing windows. I have packed the top of mine full of vulkem in hopes of stopping the leak(s) from that area. I love the look of the rock guard and the fact it can be used as a form of sun shade for the front windows.
Aaron
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The upper rail has a channel the the rock guard slides into. I'm trying to figure out if the channel goes up or down.
My trailer already had a rail on it with the channel up. But it looks to me like it should go down. Very strange that it would be on the wrong way. The original appears to be screwed into the front window frame. If I turn it over it would just be screwed into the aluminum panels.
Aaron, the original railing I have is about 3 inches longer than the new one that came with the rock gaurd. So I'll be using the original one.
balrgn, that looks sweet. Hope mine looks half as good.
It's a used one with a 4" crack in it. I am hoping to drill out the end of the crack. Then glue a piece of lexan to the back of it for support.
might try calling around to your local glass shops and see what they have available. they may have some leftovers that are large enough to replace the whole thing.
maybe you can get lucky and purchase the end of a sheet for cheap!
john
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you call them ferrets, i call them weasels.
do you mean they could replace the whole lexan piece including the curved ends?
We have Tap Plastics shop near here. Maybe they could do it.
I tried to leave them my wrap window frames and have them cut lexan windows for them. They could not handle the job after a few weeks and I had to get my money back and do it myself
do you mean they could replace the whole lexan piece including the curved ends?
yeah thats what i was thinking, you could use the old one as a pattern. i don't know about yours, but my lexan sections are held in with rubber splines inserted between the frame and the lexan. like you would use on a window screen. easy to remove.
back when i used to abuse japanese motorcycles regularly i replaced many windscreens with lexan purchased locally.
john
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you call them ferrets, i call them weasels.
yeah thats what i was thinking, you could use the old one as a pattern. i don't know about yours, but my lexan sections are held in with rubber splines inserted between the frame and the lexan. like you would use on a window screen. easy to remove.
john
Mine looks like there is a aluminum channel that the lexan sits in. The frame is in two halves that are riveted together and sealed with sealent of some kind. The lexan is quite thin like 3/32. So the curve is held in place by the aluminum frame.
It's quite possible that I could get a sheet of lexan and do this myself. I'm going to look into it further. Depending on the cost of a 79"x27" peice of lexan I may try it.
Mine looks like there is a aluminum channel that the lexan sits in. The frame is in two halves that are riveted together and sealed with sealent of some kind. The lexan is quite thin like 3/32. So the curve is held in place by the aluminum frame.
It's quite possible that I could get a sheet of lexan and do this myself. I'm going to look into it further. Depending on the cost of a 79"x27" peice of lexan I may try it.
Thanks for the idea.
I installed a Rock Guard two years ago and had to dismantle and narrow the center section because our Minuet is 6" narrower than a standard. The one I received from Airstream used a plastic spline to seal in the plastic in the frame, it appears to be the same spline used in screen doors. I don't know why they use different sealing methods but it seems to work. I'll bet that the stuff you found is butyl rubber sealant That is the sealant that is used on car and truck windows. You should be able to get it at Lowes or the like. If not a window shop should have it.
I installed a Rock Guard two years ago and had to dismantle and narrow the center section because our Minuet is 6" narrower than a standard. The one I received from Airstream used a plastic spline to seal in the plastic in the frame, it appears to be the same spline used in screen doors. I don't know why they use different sealing methods but it seems to work. I'll bet that the stuff you found is butyl rubber sealant That is the sealant that is used on car and truck windows. You should be able to get it at Lowes or the like. If not a window shop should have it.
Gary knows his stuff about the rock guard thing.
I am going to use his step-by-step procedure to install mine.
If you pull the spline does the plexiglass come out w/o dismanteling the frame?
Also, do you know which way the upper channel goes that the rock guard slides into. Open end up or down?
Thanks
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Originally Posted by Janet's Husband
I installed a Rock Guard two years ago and had to dismantle and narrow the center section because our Minuet is 6" narrower than a standard. The one I received from Airstream used a plastic spline to seal in the plastic in the frame, it appears to be the same spline used in screen doors. I don't know why they use different sealing methods but it seems to work. I'll bet that the stuff you found is butyl rubber sealant That is the sealant that is used on car and truck windows. You should be able to get it at Lowes or the like. If not a window shop should have it.
This is what was on my '71 Tradewind. I think it was for the original clear rockguard. When we installed the new rockguard we removed this track and filled the holes.
The new hinge track is oriented in the same position shown in the third picture - open end down. We installed it with out separating the two halves of the hinge.
Started out by drilling holes in the hinge piece for the mounting rivets. Placed a bead of Vulkem on the backside of the hinge. Then we aligned the rockguard top-to-bottom and as close as we could left-to-right. Drilled a hole for the center rivet (through the existing hole in the upper hinge piece) and riveted it in place. Rechecked the alignment and finished the drilling and riveting.
Tim,
On our '71 Safari, the rock guard cracked also. About eight inches up from the bottom. I flexed the lense from the back just a little and trickled Super Glue in the crack and then removed the pressure from the back to close the gap.. Worked fine.
Dan
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