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Old 03-25-2009
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Replaceing my windows nightmare

Hi there , I finally got sick of leaking windows on my Crown 23. there are 4 windows, 2 at 18X6 inches and 2 at 8X6 inches.

The windows are surrounded by an aluminum frames that are bolted thru the deck sides with #8 nuts and bolts. Now the nightmare part

I removed all the bolts and the frames are held solid by some kind of dried up glue, most likely 3M 5200. I lost patience and tried to pry the frames off with a big screwdriver, after a horrible cracking sound I found the fiberglass had delaminated and split around the window. so now the frames are still stuck fast and the fiberglass is splitting

Do you guys know if I can maybe heat the frames or try to disolve the glue.
Any ideas of where to go from here. My windows are really leaking bad now.
Is there a way to seal them without removing the frames.
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