Round shower door top rail

[George Frudakis]

On my cesana 722 round shower door top rail has a grey plastic strip that the roller that holds the door rolls on. It needs to be replaced. It was easy to remove the old one but how do you install the new one. I tried to set one side in and pressure the other side in the channel.  I am scared it will cause damage. Does anyone have an idea for the easy way to install the new one.
As always thanks

[Frank Bergamo]

When I did mine, I used a small rubber mallet and tapped it in as I worked around the radius. It isn’t very flexible so go easy in small increments as you work it in. If it is cold where you are, try to warm it up a bit and it should snap into the groove. Hope this helps, good luck!

[Eric Maclean Co-Admin]

George
This is a link to an older post which Fred has some good insight into how to repair and secure that door for travel.

https://beaveramb.org/forum/index.php/topic,10439.msg71036.html#msg71036

Hope this helps
Eric

[George Frudakis]

Frank
Can you please tell me how you installed the gray plastic using the hammer to snap it in place. I have trouble holding the piece and can't get a good angle to hit the gray plastic. I use a hair dryer to soften, buy may have to go to heat gun. Any help would be appreciated.
George

[Fred Brooks]

   George,
  Another method worth considering is to put the plastic insert in a pot of almost boiling water for 5 minutes to soften it entirely. You may try to use a bar clamp to press fit or a mallet to tap it in. Once installed you may need to readjust the eccentric off-set inside the rollers to get the magnetic strip inside the door edge to align with the opening when closed. If you can stow the door in the OPEN position when in transit, everything will stay adjusted. Fred

[Frank Bergamo]

On my Marquis, after removing the old one, I used a small rubber mallet and tapped it down into the channel as I worked around the circumference of the frame. You have to do it in small increments as you work it around, as it is fairly stiff. Hope this helps, good luck.

[Joel Ashley]

I got one of these last year, George, put it in a drawer, and nearly forgot I had it.  Wow, I shoulda bought one decades ago.  It's so much better than my old mini-torch method of making plastic malleable, etc.  I've since used it for several various projects this year and was really impressed with it, mostly because I can control the heat precisely and never over-do it or blacken stuff.  I even used the included clip once for encircling and evenly softening a piece of plastic.  Automotive connectors' plastic insulators and spliced wire insulators come out professional-looking, clean and neat and tight.  And it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Order one... you'll like it.

-Joel
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B65FSRBT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[George Frudakis]

Just order the heat gun.
Thanks all for the help.