I've had windshield seal difficulties since it was replaced in 2007 under warranty by Monaco Harrisburg due to improper original installation. At that time, the windshield cracked just sitting for a couple of months on my home RV pad.
A year or so later, I had Loren at Bend look at a spot over the driver's top corner that bulged out creating a gap between the black seal and the fiberglass cap. He didn't seem to think it was all that serious, though I, as a new modern coach owner, was concerned. Once and only once, while the coach was parked on its home pad, did I find water on the dash in front of the steering wheel.
Today, after nearly 2 years of being parked, I removed the outside fabric windshield cover in preparation for washing and waxing the front cap. I didn't see evidence of the previous bulge, but did come across a 2 inch disconnect between inner and outer seal sections as shown in the second photograph. I carefully pried the two back together, but I'm not nuts about the cracking in the rubber over the driver's side, and a section of the upper seal near midcap seems to be not tucked in under the cap properly; perhaps a couple of summers trapped under the fabric sunshield caused puckering of the rubber from heat? :-/
The front is on a nearly level concrete pad, and the rear is on ballast rock very slightly downhill from the front pad to facilitate roof runoff. I've tried to set the rear tires as level as possible, side to side, and let all the air out of the bags to avert prior problems with the left rear settling over time, putting a twist in things. The result is I'd like to think there is minimal twist in the coach and cap, and consistent bay door gap alignment seems to indicate I've achieved that.
Has anyone else experienced deterioration in the rubber of the windshield seal as I have, and is the situation considered serious? Thanks for any opinions or suggested resolutions proffered. (Please excuse the dirt - I took the pix before washing the cap.)
-Joel
