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Keith Oliver:
Jim:

Not too difficult.  I bought a couple of window suction cup handles, $15 for a double, $5 for a single, at Harbour Freight, (Princess Auto in Canada). Once everything is undone, with my 97lb wife on the inside, holding one of the handles (just for security) and me on a stepladder on the outside, I was able to lift the windows down without any trouble.
?Did I mention that I broke my arm in Sept. Not displaced, but it does limit my mobility on the rt side.  Even with a broken arm, I was able to do this job without a problem.

steps:
-remove blinds and valances
-remove rubber strip that hides the screws
-remove the screws
-cut away any silicone on the outside
-if the window isn't loose at this point, pry the outside flange away from the outside of the coach.  I used a 1" chisel, tapping it gently between the pieces.
-lift it down
-undo the short (3") strap from across the joint in the frame
-undo the spacer bar between the fixed pane and the slider
-hold the bottom of the frame down with your foot while lifting the top part off of the fixed pane.  This is a big lift, but the frame will bend that far, until the glass is free (both the fixed pane and slider will come out at this point)

If you get to this stage, you will no doubt have the kit from Dave Root, which comes with complete instructions for replacing the seals.  I found the hardest part to be cutting the old seals so the glass pieces would come apart.  It was a lot easier on the windows I had left out in the sun to warm up.  Cleaning the glass up was a snap, as was putting the new seal in.  I followed Dave's advice and bought a battery powered caulking gun, which made getting a smooth fill with the black stuff a lot easier.  The only problem with Dave's process was with the black stuff going off in the tube.  He recommended warming it before use.  I found that it would set up right away and was no good the next day if I did that.  I took to keeping it in the fridge until use, and I had to get him to send me an extra tube.  

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