Bwuttonmoon
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After much sweat and many swear words later I have managed to polish and refurbish one of my westy windoes... went kinda like this...
Started by removing the 8 screws from the bottom and top frame sections (4 on each) I found doing this first makes it easier to remove the individual louvre windows
opened the window to reveal 2 screws each end per window and lifted them away
Removed the circlip from the mechanism (1 each side) then the link bar can be pulled out
I cleaned these up in the wire wheel, the flat plates either side can be removed but they do need to go back on the same way round they were removed
I didnt want to remove all the mechanism pieces so I cleaned most of the side frames up with a small wire wheel as they were very pitted and used the polishing mops on the parts that I could.
I then removed the old rubbers, they are pinched in each end by the alluminum frame, I gently prised these apart with a small flat screw driver and slid the old rubber channels out
The 3 individual panes have 4 screws holding them together, 2 each side.
With a little persuasion the frames then came apart, they were in there pretty well with the 40+ year old rubbers
I cleaned the rubber channels with sandpaper at this stage and started the long and tedious task of polishing all the alluminium parts using 3 stage polishing mops
After the messy polishing was complete it was time to put it all back together with new rubbers. I oiled and greased all the moving parts.
The new rubbers on the side frame panels were a little tight under the moving louvres but if I wriggled them as I slid the rubber along it wend through ok
I cleaned up the glass panes and layed the pieces out along with the rubber. (Dont put the frame together wrong and not realise until its to late and have to remove it all again as I did)
Now the hard bit! The way I found best was to place the rubber around the glass and add the frame edging piece by piece, this look alot of oil and alot of swearing to get the rubbers seated properly I found a little persuasion with a screw driver helped the rubber to seat up...one of the worst jobs I have done to date.
Once this was done I slid the rubber channels on each frame
And trimmed
Washed all the parts down in hot soapy water and put all back together the way I took it apart. Note the screws holding the louvre frames together and the screws holding the louvre windows into the frames look very similar but are slightly different lengths. The shorter oneds hold the windows in, I got these mixed up and drove a screw into the pane shattering it!
replaced the outer window seal and thats one window done.... I may do the other one day!
Started by removing the 8 screws from the bottom and top frame sections (4 on each) I found doing this first makes it easier to remove the individual louvre windows
opened the window to reveal 2 screws each end per window and lifted them away
Removed the circlip from the mechanism (1 each side) then the link bar can be pulled out
I cleaned these up in the wire wheel, the flat plates either side can be removed but they do need to go back on the same way round they were removed
I didnt want to remove all the mechanism pieces so I cleaned most of the side frames up with a small wire wheel as they were very pitted and used the polishing mops on the parts that I could.
I then removed the old rubbers, they are pinched in each end by the alluminum frame, I gently prised these apart with a small flat screw driver and slid the old rubber channels out
The 3 individual panes have 4 screws holding them together, 2 each side.
With a little persuasion the frames then came apart, they were in there pretty well with the 40+ year old rubbers
I cleaned the rubber channels with sandpaper at this stage and started the long and tedious task of polishing all the alluminium parts using 3 stage polishing mops
After the messy polishing was complete it was time to put it all back together with new rubbers. I oiled and greased all the moving parts.
The new rubbers on the side frame panels were a little tight under the moving louvres but if I wriggled them as I slid the rubber along it wend through ok
I cleaned up the glass panes and layed the pieces out along with the rubber. (Dont put the frame together wrong and not realise until its to late and have to remove it all again as I did)
Now the hard bit! The way I found best was to place the rubber around the glass and add the frame edging piece by piece, this look alot of oil and alot of swearing to get the rubbers seated properly I found a little persuasion with a screw driver helped the rubber to seat up...one of the worst jobs I have done to date.
Once this was done I slid the rubber channels on each frame
And trimmed
Washed all the parts down in hot soapy water and put all back together the way I took it apart. Note the screws holding the louvre frames together and the screws holding the louvre windows into the frames look very similar but are slightly different lengths. The shorter oneds hold the windows in, I got these mixed up and drove a screw into the pane shattering it!
replaced the outer window seal and thats one window done.... I may do the other one day!
