So if I look under the dash of the boat you can see where there was a screw, it seems like they went and just machine screwed it through the fiber glass of the boat and didn’t use a nut and bolt. I’m thinking I might be able to drill a couple small holes and rivet the window frame back to the boat but not sure how well that will hold
Got a picture ? On my boat and many others I've seen there is a piece of plastic or rubber trim that comes out to reveal the screw heads. IF, yours is like that I would pull the screws and replace with small SS machine screws with nuts / lock washers.
If it is a machine screw is or was there a nut inside of the frame? Or is the frame threaded? Like I said not sure how it is constructed because yours is 11 years newer than mine. But a machine screw needs something threaded to go in. I would pull a good screw and see how it is threaded in. If there is a nut that broke loose you will probably have to remove the glass and put a new nut in its place. If the frame is threaded I would drill a slightly larger hole then tap it for the proper sized threads for the replacement machine screw.
When I said machine screw I meant like a wood screw not machine screw with a nut that’s my bad. But it pretty much looks like they took a standard screw you would use to put through a piece of wood and sent it through the fiber glass also I’m gonna post a picture of the bottom of the window frame. It’s all I have on my phone and I’m not near the boat till the weekend since it’s being stored at a buddy’s but it looks like I might be able to pull back the black weather stripping and maybe acces the screws/install a new method of screws in
Yes, screw heads are under that weather stripping. If you can access the underside, remove the remaining wood screws and replace with SS machine screws and nuts/washers/
Sweet so I can just pull that stripping back replace the screws and put it back without taking anything else off? Was just worried that stripping being one of those things that comes off but doesn’t go back on very well
As old as it is, sadly I doubt it will come off without damage. On my 1990 boat it had lost all it's pliability, I used a little heat with a heat gun and it loosened it up and came out, but warped them. I have not tried to locate a replacement yet. I figured at the worst, I would fill the groove with a foam backer rod and use urethane sealant and glaze it in like a window.
Maybe I’ll get lucky but I doubt it I’ll look for a replacement in the meantime though
