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Subject:Re: Vent wing
From:Steven Shelton
Date:Wed, 16 Jun 2021 06:58:58 -0400

The screw you can't get to keeps the vent window from being blown shut. I
can't see how that would cause whistling. By the way, When I removed my
vent window I put it in a vise to adjust the tension on the window frame
pivot.

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On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 10:53 PM Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tough to picture this in my head, but sound like  tweakage to the seals?
> The window is just glass.
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> > Wiadomość napisana przez Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com> w dniu
> 6/14/21, o godz. 18:57:
> >
> > Hello everyone…. I had to straighten out my left vent wing on the
> bottom,
> > it was a little bent, of course a giant fiasco as always. I’ll spare you
> > good people the details. So I was able to bend it and luckily straighten
> it
> > out purdy good. window goes up and down no problem now, but the rubber
> and
> > the glass don’t quite seal, so she’s a whistling on the highway. Did I
> > leave the vent wing adjuster screw too loose on the bottom? you know the
> > one you can’t get to is that why or does that just happen sometimes from
> > the way some door panels are bent? I don’t even care to use the vent now
> > that I cleaned/resealed my air box and have a working blower and no more
> > hot foot life’s good in the cabin. If I urethane it will the whistle go
> > away? Thanks for listening. Peace tom
>