Boat windows and rubbers...

[Ankle.Biter]

Well my dad was crawling round the front of his Reiver and pushed he pastic window out.


I suppose I'm asking if anyone knows how to get the bugger back in.


Or if you know someone who can help for cash then a number would be great.

Thanks in advance.

[The Jester]

The window rubber will be an "H" shape, fit the rubber into the hole in the Fibre Glass, then smear plenty fairy liquid onto the rubber and the edge of the perspex and feed the perspex into the rubber, use a flat blunt knife blade to ease the rubber round the perimeter of the perspex till you've gone right round it, bit like you would do with a bike tyre....If you are really stuck Alan, i'll have a look at it for you....Free of Charge...

[Ankle.Biter]

Cheers Chris, really good of you.

we will give it a go first and let you know.

God loves a tryer and i am trying...

[Chris-scott]

Like jester says the rubber is H shape, try fitting it onto fiberglass then the other side of the H shape run sum string all way the inside of it keeping the two ends together when they meet, after sliding window into rubberspull the string out using one end til ur all the way fone this should pull the seal out and keep window nicely in place, hope this helps mate

[KeithB]

Like jester says the rubber is H shape, try fitting it onto fiberglass then the other side of the H shape run sum string all way the inside of it keeping the two ends together when they meet, after sliding window into rubberspull the string out using one end til ur all the way fone this should pull the seal out and keep window nicely in place, hope this helps mate

That's how car windscreens used to be fitted, I think a length of washing line may be better.

[The Jester]

Keith, thats how i changed the windscreen on my Ford Escort 1300 Popular Plus.............last week.......

[Ankle.Biter]

Cheers chaps fitted, bit awkward but done.


My old dad is smiling again, it should last five minutes.

[The Jester]

Cheers chaps fitted, bit awkward but done.


My old dad is smiling again, it should last five minutes.

Good news Alan .........which method did you use

[Ankle.Biter]

The make it up as you go along method incorporating fairy liquid.