bumps on window rubber seals
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bumps on window rubber seals
I had lots of lumps/bumps on the rubber seals above both windows and on the seals on the 'A' pillars that I was keen to get to the bottom of. After pulling one of the roof/side window seals partly off, I found the seals clip in to an aluminium bracket. The lumps in the rubber seal is where the aluminium was starting to oxidise under the seal and forming a white powder (causing the bumps).
It turned out quite an easy job to pull the seals off the bracket starting at the front as far as needed, clean out the powder and then apply some white lithium grease to the bracket to protect it. I then did the same for the 'A' pillar seals starting from the bottom working up. It looks far better now and at least I know what was causing the seals to bulge out. I had visions of having to replace the seals at several hundreds of pounds at some point if it got worse. A bit of nervousness pulling the seals of at first, but not to difficult a job in the end.
Regards
Andy
It turned out quite an easy job to pull the seals off the bracket starting at the front as far as needed, clean out the powder and then apply some white lithium grease to the bracket to protect it. I then did the same for the 'A' pillar seals starting from the bottom working up. It looks far better now and at least I know what was causing the seals to bulge out. I had visions of having to replace the seals at several hundreds of pounds at some point if it got worse. A bit of nervousness pulling the seals of at first, but not to difficult a job in the end.
Regards
Andy
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Re: bumps on window rubber seals
Excellent bit of detective work Andy...my seals are a bit "lumpy" as well...I'll check for the same issues as you found
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Re: bumps on window rubber seals
if you need any more info let me know.'Old'SeaDog wrote:Excellent bit of detective work Andy...my seals are a bit "lumpy" as well...I'll check for the same issues as you found
Andy
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Re: bumps on window rubber seals
Didn't spot this post until today.
It gave me the incentive to pull my nearside roof seal & have a clean out in there with silicon spray.
For some reason only the nearside was affected.
No more bumps.
Great!
It gave me the incentive to pull my nearside roof seal & have a clean out in there with silicon spray.
For some reason only the nearside was affected.
No more bumps.
Great!
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