new windshield

[Keith Moffett Co-Admin]

So I am up on the Olympic Peninsula in Wa.  When I pulled out the MH this year I find the windshield is cracked again.  Problem is that no one close has experience with units this size.  I had a past MH with a gasket problem and they pulled the old windshields out but could not get them back in.  For this they want about $3000.  In Bend it will cost about $900.  
Does anyone know of a dependable glass place closerthan Bend or Eugene?

Thanks
Keith

[Roy Warren Co-Admin]

Call RV Glass Solutions.  They stand behind the dealers who install.  I had mine replaced in Canton, OH had leaks which were repaired, we thought, in Croton on the Hudson and finally fully repaired with a new gasket in Maryland at no extra cost.
Roy

[Jerry Carr]

Besure to advise them of any black out glass area I have 8" top and 8" bottom. It took 3 windows before they got it right. They use factory info to select the window they send but the factory use a different windo in our rig.
  

[Richard Cooper]

What do you mean by black out glass?  I understand there is a tinted area at the top, but at the bottom too?  Mine is not tinted at the bottom.

[Tom and Pam Brown]

Richard, not tint it's actual black paint of some sort.  It hides areas that are behind the glass that is not intended to,be seen.  Like structure or wiring etc.

[Joel Ashley]

Keith, I've experienced the same issue after extended storage.  When parked, make sure the bags are dumped and no one tire corner is higher or lower than the other 3.  Parking with air in Travel Mode or air leveled can mean leaking air over time in one or more bags will introduce a twist in the body, stressing the glass.  It's worse in a one-piece like our windshield, but can obviously happen to 2 piece ones as well.

Call RVGlass Solutions http://www.rvglasssolutions.com/rv_windshields.html

Joel

[Keith Moffett Co-Admin]

Upon further investigation it looks like the entire windshield has shifted so Joel you might be right.
Calling RV Glass Monday.
Keith

[Carol Moffett]

Yup!  Keith called RV Glass Solutions today and they hooked us up with a guy we had NO idea even exsisted!  In our home-town, to boot!  He came right over to check out our windshield and will give us a bid tomorrow.

He was flaberghasted that there was no glue holding in our current glass.  We told him how the guy who had installed it said that the glass needed to "flex" with the coach, therefore, no glue.  He said he had never heard of such a thing in the many years he has been installing glass.  Also said that it was against the law to not glue a windshield and so will glue our new one.  Interesting....

What say you???

We'll keep you posted on the results  

[Joel Buchan]

Do not let any one glue in your windshield, it will crack. My windshield has no calking at all in the past three plus years with no damage. I do have problems with the glass shifting to the passenger side. So occasionally I have to remove the rubber keeper and slide them both back to the drivers side. A tool used on the rubber keeper is required to reinstall the keeper cord.

A glazer in Yuma said the glass had to be glued in and I went with his advice and both side lasted about 500 miles and cracked badly. The glazers in Bend are your best bet though.

[Richard And Babs Ames]

On our 1997 Beaver the windshield was glued to the rubber gasket but  the gasket is not glued to the fiberglass cap and has been that way several several years.

It has not shifted out of place since the opening was reshaped by Lazy Days Body shop when the gasket was replaced. This was done after a sidewall of the front tire and it came off the rim at 60 MPH.  

[Joel Ashley]

Carol, I'd call BCS and get their opinion, or one of the other Bend outfits highly experienced in this.  I think a lot has to do with the particular coach and gasket type.  There is more than one piece to our rig's gasket, and one may be glued where the other part isn't.

Joel

[Keith Moffett Co-Admin]

Here's the latest;
Our installer has had a fair ammount of experience with MH windshields but as we talked he got to thinking and so talked to the main installer at RV Glass.  The solution is a bit of both opinions listed above.
Aparently the gasket should only be glued to the body on the corners to minimize shifting.  The glass should be glued into the gasket as aparently there is a law that requires it.
Getting an opinion from BAC might be a good idea as well.

Keith