Vent windows

[jpartington]

I have also talked to them about this and they said that no trimming or modification should be needed. 

[jpartington]

Talked to Roberts today and had him measure one of the seals he has. It is shorter then the one I received from Steele and by measurement should fit perfectly. I will be returning my Steele seals and purchasing the ones from Roberts  will update on how they fit when I receive them.

[Radarsonwheels]

I just got new glass cut for mine- the driver’s side has a crack and the passenger side has a bullet hole in it (!). I thought the bullet hole was pretty cool but over the years the cracked glass has started to push into the cab and not be flat any more. 

 

I want to do new seals too but the originals look like a fairly complicated piece (the front side). I’ll have to check out what robert’s and steele have and decide if I want to try to make an expensive part fit or just start with a generic piece. 

 

Mine don’t have any tension on them- the wind closes them right back up so I can’t get that good breeze angled at me. Any tips for how your all’s work? 

 

Good luck with the new setup in your truck- thanks for this thread and sorry if I’m highjacking a little!

 

Radar

 

 

[jpartington]

No hijack. As long as it is vent window related I think it fits perfectly  I would hope that my experience would help others in their journeys. I will try to get the new seals so I can update the thread as quickly as possible I can’t get return process started with Steele till Tuesday.

[Young Ed]

11 hours ago, Radarsonwheels said:

I just got new glass cut for mine- the driver’s side has a crack and the passenger side has a bullet hole in it (!). I thought the bullet hole was pretty cool but over the years the cracked glass has started to push into the cab and not be flat any more. 

 

I want to do new seals too but the originals look like a fairly complicated piece (the front side). I’ll have to check out what robert’s and steele have and decide if I want to try to make an expensive part fit or just start with a generic piece. 

 

Mine don’t have any tension on them- the wind closes them right back up so I can’t get that good breeze angled at me. Any tips for how your all’s work? 

 

Good luck with the new setup in your truck- thanks for this thread and sorry if I’m highjacking a little!

 

Radar

 

 

My car had that trouble and I just needed to tighten the bolt against the spring.

[jpartington]

Here is the vent window seal update.

i returned my Steele seals and ordered the seals from roberts. I received them today and put them in. A perfect fit  turns out the ones from Steele are about an inch too long. The Steele seals were a very high quality nice seal but just did not fit right. I strongly recommend the seals from Roberts if anyone is looking in the future.

[jpartington]

On another note... trying to reassemble the frame vent windows. I have a hole pile of shims/washers that came off the pivot bolt. Anyone have a picture of how this should look assembled? The parts diagram just shows two washers, not a bunch of shims.

[Jeff Balazs]

I would start with the parts diagram arrangement. God only knows what previous owners may have done over the years. 

Glad the Roberts seals worked out for you.

Jeff

[Dodgeb4ya]

Here....

[Eneto-55]

Here's some comic relief about vent windows.

 

http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15235&page=786

[jpartington]

Thank you for the picture   I will set mine up like that.

[jpartington]

7 hours ago, Jeff Balazs said:

I would start with the parts diagram arrangement. God only knows what previous owners may have done over the years. 

Glad the Roberts seals worked out for you.

Jeff

Yes thanks for the suggestion.

[Dodgeb4ya]

I already looked at the parts book before I posted pictures happy to say...the  pictures are correct as to order of assembly and they show placement of the fiber washers to the bracket... the parts book does not... but to help more here is the parts book picture...

[jpartington]

Anyone know how think the brass washers should be? There is not much left of mine.

[ggdad1951]

I bought what I could find and put them in.  It's a tension setting so it's not that big of a deal.

[jpartington]

Great thank you. A quick trip to the hardware store today then to find the thinnest one possible

[jpartington]

Can anyone take a measurement for me? Looking for how much glass should be sticking out of the vent window frame on the top and bottom. Like in the attached picture. I have about 3/8” top and bottom.

[Jeff Balazs]

Mine both have 3/8" so you should be good.

Jeff

[jpartington]

Cool thank you. I was debating on bringing this to a glass shop or doing it myself. I bought some glass setting tape and tried it myself and turns out it was pretty easy

Edited August 15, 2019 by jpartington

[Jeff Balazs]

Yep.....not that bad a job. Much easier than the corner windows with new rubber. ?

 

[jpartington]

No problems with that  no corner windows  although maybe that should be a frowny face  I would love to have them.

[Jeff Balazs]

Well there are a few "jobs" on these old trucks that should earn us a "merit badge" when successfully completed. Removing a badly corroded WDT is one and replacing the corner window gaskets by yourself is another. You haven't lived until you've tackled these.

Jeff

[JBNeal]

replacing decades-old Cleveland-type U-joints at the rear axle is another  ?

[Chrispetty]

I’m building a 48 b1 it came with vent windows but I’d rather not have them can I buy full glass to do away with the vent windows 

[Los_Control]

While I have never done this myself, it has been done before.

The vent windows was a option and came from the factory with and without ..... many with bad or rusted out vent windows just removed them and went with full glass.

Not sure if there is anything on the track that needs to be done other then just remove the vent frames.

 

Yes it can be done.