Margaret Osborne
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Does anyone know what the windows on antarres 760 are made of
Antarres 760
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Plum
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Jamie Dundee
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Really? I thought the side windows and patio doors were glass as well, very heavy for acrylic.
Plum
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Mine flex and susceptible to scratching just like Acrylic. The sliding side windows have holes drilled in them for the catch screws and there is a machined rebate along one edge, both indicating acrylic. I have removed and refitted one of the patio doors which was certainly lighter than if glass.
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Pleinmont
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Agreed, just the windscreen appears to be glass, all my other windows and doors have collected marks on them as you'd expect from acrylic.
Jamie Dundee
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I had a good look when aboard today, would now agree about the patio doors but still not sure about the sliding windows. I’d be interested to hear about removing the rear doors, I think the rollers on mine are quite badly worn.
Plum
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You have to lift the sliding patio door vertically upward so the lower part can be pulled towards you then lower to extract from the top track. The trick is to work out what usually stops the door being lifted. The instructions are not the best as they had been translated from French but they are here. Sliding Doors instructions.docx have just noticed the instructions say "To reassemble first locate the door in the bottom rail. " but I recall fitting it in the top first.
Once it is out the wheel sets can be prized out. I just cleaned and greased mine before refitting and it slides so much better now.
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Jamie Dundee
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Brilliant, thanks.
Martxer
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Silicone spray is good for keeping sliding doors moving freely
Bodach na mara
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But there is a danger that the rollers will slide instead of rolling and develop flats.
Pleinmont
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Yes that's similar to how I removed my sliding door - if I remember correctly I just unscrewed and removed a white acrylic or delrin plastic door stop fitted on the top of the frame so I could jiggle it around enough to lift off the rails. I did it without any instructions - wasn't too bad if you go slow.
I only removed mine as I accidentally lost some parts down inside the door when trying to replace the door lock mechanism! Annoyingly the new lock (from the dealer) now operates upside down so the door latch never really locks properly and drops down unlocking itself!
It definitely only fitted in one way so just live with it but now needs a messy clasp and padlock for actual security
Plum
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Update. Just found a picture of my wheels while they were out for cleaning and greasing. I used "chain grease" which I find very useful. Bought in a car spares shop in an aerosol can with a long spray tube so good for getting into small spaces so able to get it on the axles and not on the rims. patio door lower wheels.jpg
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Jamie Dundee
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I find motorcycle chain grease ideal for all sorts of jobs as it’s designed not to drip or fly off a fast spinning chain.