Case IH XL cab window flexi hinge sealant

smcapstick

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Kirkby Lonsdale

• Mar 24, 2015

• #1

Any recommendations for the sealant used for the hinge bit of an XL cab forward opening window in the doors? I would imagine some kind of tough clear silicone but if anyone knows the exact stuff, please let me know.

TIA
smcapstick

 

Thick Farmer

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Location

West Wales

• Mar 24, 2015

• #2

I stuck one in the other day with clear silicone and it's still there!

 

farmerste

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Preston

• Mar 24, 2015

• #3

when i had a 4230 with xl cab i just used a good quality clear silicone and it stayed there till i sold it 5 years later

 

smcapstick

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Kirkby Lonsdale

• Mar 24, 2015

• #4

Clear silicone it is. Thanks, chaps

 

tr250

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Northants

• Mar 24, 2015

• #5

smcapstick said:

Any recommendations for the sealant used for the hinge bit of an XL cab forward opening window in the doors? I would imagine some kind of tough clear silicone but if anyone knows the exact stuff, please let me know.

TIA
smcapstick

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I asked this the other day same problem on a mf 3065

 

smcapstick

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Kirkby Lonsdale

• Mar 24, 2015

• #6

tr250 said:

I asked this the other day same problem on a mf 3065

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I thought there was something recent but it didn't come up on the forum search. I did try!

 

Boohoo

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Location

Newtownabbey

• Mar 24, 2015

• #7

I put a window in with clear silicone a few years ago and it hasn't moved. Wide masking tape on the inside, mask down both edges of the glass on the outside and fill the gap with silicone was what the very helpful people in the service department of a Case dealer told me to do. If you want to be really flash a 'repair kit for silikon hinge' is listed, part number 3405451R91

 

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smcapstick

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Location

Kirkby Lonsdale

• Mar 24, 2015

• #8

Thanks for the tips.

I have now discovered the most tedious job in the world - peeling off the old silicone. It simply refuses to come off easily!

 

Boohoo

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Location

Newtownabbey

• Mar 24, 2015

• #9

smcapstick said:

Thanks for the tips.

I have now discovered the most tedious job in the world - peeling off the old silicone. It simply refuses to come off easily!

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S J H

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Bedfordshire

• Mar 24, 2015

• #10

smcapstick said:

Thanks for the tips.

I have now discovered the most tedious job in the world - peeling off the old silicone. It simply refuses to come off easily!

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Try some petrol

 

Netherfield

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Location

West Yorkshire

• Mar 24, 2015

• #11

WD40 will help shift it, you must clean up after though or the silicone won't stick again.

And Dow Corning make the best silicone.

 

Mursal

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• Mar 24, 2015

• #12

Or cellulose thinners

 

smcapstick

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Location

Kirkby Lonsdale

• Mar 24, 2015

• #13

I have been up to the house to nab some of the OH's acetone. Seems to be helping.

 

roscoe erf

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Livestock Farmer

Location

South Wales UK Famous for rain and sheep

• Mar 24, 2015

• #14

Thick Farmer said:

I stuck one in the other day with clear silicone and it's still there!

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+1 but on a jcb

 

marcot

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Arable Farmer

Location

Bury St Edmunds

• Mar 24, 2015

• #15

smcapstick said:

I have been up to the house to nab some of the OH's acetone. Seems to be helping.

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You are SO screwed! Hope she doesn't want to do her nails tonight

 

smcapstick

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Kirkby Lonsdale

• Mar 24, 2015

• #16

marcot said:

You are SO screwed! Hope she doesn't want to do her nails tonight

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No, she only mounts warpaint during the week.

 

Richard Devon

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Mixed Farmer

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Down on the edge of the world

• Mar 24, 2015

• #17

to do the job properly and professionally you need to fix the glass in place with a strip of masking tape on the inside. Then on the side you plan to fill you should run two parallel strips of masking tape on the glass to act as a border. You install the clear silicon and then after gently remove the tape when its dried.

It will leave a nice tidy edge (factory finish)

 

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markpentre

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Location

wrexham

• Mar 29, 2015

• #18

What was your outcome with the windows? Thinking of re doing mine on the xl.

 

milkloss

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Livestock Farmer

Location

East Sussex

• Mar 29, 2015

• #19

I use duck tape on the inside and leave it on just in case! Looks a bit sh1t but I did save the window a few years ago when it attempted a bit for freedom while shaking hay.

 

smcapstick

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Location

Kirkby Lonsdale

• Mar 29, 2015

• #20

Not great. The glass that arrived was blue tint rather than smokey brown