The extruded aluminum framed windows are very easy to rebed. First -if there is no leak around the outside of teh aluminum then leave the frames in place. Remove the old spline and foam gasket and the pane will come out. Contact South Shore Yachts for new spine and gasket or if you are resourceful find it elsewhere cheaper. Use old ppane as template and have new one cut at autoglass store out of lexan or plexi or whatever. I paid $15 per pane in 2003 when I did this. New panes go in easily with no fuss. In my case PO had removed the existing framed windows from the two 35 inch swindows and the smaller 11 inch ones forward on both sides. Replaced with tinted plexi bolted over from outside. It did not look more modern and it did not look good. As a matter of fact it looked awful. I purchased "new" aluminum frames from South Shore Yachts at $90 each. These were original parts that they cleaned up and shipped to me. Forward I used Beckson opening ports which were great and reasonably priced. I was not aware that Lewmar had 35 inch opening ports but they would be nice. My total cost for 35 inch windows was undr $200 a side all in. The Lewmar ones I looked at (which were not large enough anyway) started at $800 each .... Mike
________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Moriarty Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Repair/Replace Framed Windows If you want to remove the frames without bending them (much), use a machete. After removing the screws, tap the machete down along the top edge between the frame and the cabin top and then gently pry. I wish I had used that method on all four frames. The old spline was shot and I couldn't find a replacement so I used 4200 to seal the new lenses into the frames. It really helped having the frames out of the boat and on a horizontal surface to do this. So far so good. Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL Looking for comments. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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