Window glazing bead
Window glazing bead is the stuff that sits in a track inside your window. If your windows crank shut, this is what supplies a gasket type seal so they don't leak.
My old 2002 Cougar 5ver has windows that were made by a company called Kinro. I got this from a nice gal at Keystone named Amber. Guess who now owns Kinro? Lippert (aka LCI). Anyhow, the vinyl or rubber seals tend to deform and shrink, especially on the lower corners. This causes the seals to pop out of the track and they actually keep the window from shutting all the way. Then the window leaks (had a very hard rain storm last night).
In any case, a company called Pelland Enterprises sells replacement seals. The actual name is window glazing bead. Since my seal (bead) is so darned deformed, I could swear which one is actually the true replacment that is available on the Pelland site but they sell sample kits. I have ordered one and when it arrives I will ensure I order the correct glazing bead. At over a buck a foot, it ain't cheap as all the windows will need to be done. I "THINK!!!" the correct bead is KRV08524 on their site but that is only a guess.
I believe I will have to remove the screens and do this from the inside. The bedroom window is worst but all the others show signs of the same problem and none fit real well and thus the windows don't really seal as they should.
Will follow up when I get the seal in.
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wiredgeorge Mico TX
2006 F350 CC 4WD 6.0L
2002 Keystone Cougar 278
2006 GL1800 Roadsmith Trike
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