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Walk Thru Door Not Closing??? Overlaps Windshield, Please Help!

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Old 05-19-2015, 05:37 PM   #1

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Default Walk Thru Door Not Closing??? Overlaps Windshield, Please Help!

I would greatly appreciate some guidance or advice. I recently purchased a Mariah Bowrider. I bought it knowing it needed a new walk thru glass installed. (previous owner said it broke years ago and never bothered to fix and reinstall) So I brought the frame to a glass shop and had them install a new tempered one into the frame. When re-installing it I realized the door wouldnt shut. The frame overlaped the drivers side windshield by 1/2" at top & 1/4" at bottom. Disassembled & removed glass from frame to see if it was cut wrong and reassembled frame without glass and got same issue. The boat was on the trailer and I was thinking the hull could be flexing inward do to sitting on a ridged trailer so I brought it to the boat launch to and placed it in the water thinking the hull would relax and the frame would fall back in place...Nope...Didnt flex or budge a millimeter! So aside of trimmimg the top and bottom door frame and buying ANOTHER door glass, is there a chance the windshield has gone out of adustment & can be readjusted?? Has anyone else run into this issue?
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    Yes its been discussed here on this site before. Pop the weather strip off the bottom of the window frame on both sides, loosen the screws (likely a Phillips head) & force each side of the window frame apart then retighten the screws and reinstall the weather stripping.
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    Yes its been discussed here on this site before. Pop the weather strip off the bottom of the window frame on both sides, loosen the screws (likely a Phillips head) & force each side of the window frame apart then retighten the screws and reinstall the weather stripping.

    Thanks MikeyT

    Its done & i used some finess. Since i had to get a new glass made anyways, I loosened frame & support rail screws & adjusted as much as i could comfortably without breaking anything then re-torqued screws. The door frame still hit just a smidgen so i trimmed the top & bottom ends just a little and good to go now. Just ordered the new glass and glad its done. Thanks for your time and advice.
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