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Window slide lube?

My windows are really dry and tight from little use. Anyone have a secret remedy. I was thinking WD dry-lube spray.
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Re: Window slide lube?

Reply #1 –
I used silicone spray with pretty good success. Lasts about 6 months.
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Reply #2 –

Blow the tracks out with compressed air and/or vacuum as best you can.  I have had best luck with a dry type silicone spray lube. Use liberally. It goes on wet but the carrier dries out.

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Quote from: Roger & Susan in Home2 –
Blow the tracks out with compressed air and/or vacuum as best you can.  I have had best luck with a dry type silicone spray lube. Use liberally. It goes on wet but the carrier dries out.
Good stuff; I used it on my tambour doors where one was so stuck I thought it would have to come out for cleaning. Another great use for the aux compressor!  ^.^d
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Remove the plastic track. Windows slide and close easily and there are no water leaks. I tested this on two very sticky windows. The window will now easily slide inside the metal track.

I tried all above lubricant solutions and they made it worse. Once the dual pane window sealant and/or track swell, no lube will help.
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Reply #5 –
OP has a 96 which has single pane windows. 
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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Reply #6 –
Yes, I have the last year for single pane windows unfortunately. I'll give the lube a try and then the track if that doesn't work
1996 U295-36, Cummins 300hp, 8.3. Build number 4864. Vin number 1F97D536XTNO54271. Purchased October 31, 2019.

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Reply #7 –
I took our plastic tracks out, washed them thoroughly and then "fluffed" up the nap in the tracks. Then I used the dry silicone spray.  I also cleaned the contact surfaces of the windows and waxed then with Turtle Wax ICE synthetic car wax. Windows slide like new.
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Quote from: Tim –
Remove the plastic track. Windows slide and close easily and there are no water leaks. I tested this on two very sticky windows. The window will now easily slide inside the metal track.

I tried all above lubricant solutions are they made it worse. Once the dual pane window sealant and/or track swell, no lube will help.

Tim, can you explain exactly how you did that?  Remove the plastic track!  Thanks!
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Re: Window slide lube?

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Tim –
Remove the plastic track. Windows slide and close easily and there are no water leaks. I tested this on two very sticky windows. The window will now easily slide inside the metal track.

I tried all above lubricant solutions are they made it worse. Once the dual pane window sealant and/or track swell, no lube will help.
Tim, do the windows rattle without the plastic and felt?
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Re: Window slide lube?

Reply #10 –
It helps hold the screens in on my 1996
1996 U295-36, Cummins 300hp, 8.3. Build number 4864. Vin number 1F97D536XTNO54271. Purchased October 31, 2019.

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Reply #11 –

We use a lot of 3M 0887 dry silicone spray lub for a lot of stuff including window slides:

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We've used Jig-A-Loo successfully for many years.  No mess and it lasts a long time.
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Brett

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To answer several questions:

1. Do the windows rattle? No but during travel they can move unless they're locked in place.
    They don't leak because I did a water test. Any water that gets behind the loose seal goes into the two drain's located at the bottom of the window track.
2) How is the track removed? To remove the plastic track, it must be grabbed with pliers and pulled out forcefully.

My window tracks were only hard plastic; no fuzzy material to take up the slack when my windows expanded after getting them refurbished at Suncoast designers in Florida. Long story, but I was not happy that the dual-pain (pun intended) windows expanded after the new sealant dried.
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