Hymer rooflight shaft leaking

[bigalw35]

David, one more thing be prepared with some sort of chock to hold the rooflight up BEFORE you undo/remove the nuts and bolts

 

[RM_Marine]

We currently have this problem, we can overcome the leaking problem when stored by unlevelling with our E&P jacks, but that’s not good on site in use

my secondary problem is the handle / shaft is too stiff to easily turn and I predict yet another broken handle anytime soon any body think why it should be stiff? I have cleared as much leaf debris as I can get to from inside, but don’t think this should stop it turning .

I still have two spare handles as I have broken two already , another poor design feature, plastic handle all dependent on a metal pin in a plastic housing.

I think I will look at total replacement , does the Heki roof light come with a lighting option, our roof light has the lighting for the table area built in


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Evening

You have to assist the window up when winding, use it's just a very crap design but silicone lubricant on the winding mechanism helps.

There hasn't been a fix for this except the above it's just a crap design

 

[Northernraider]

I was going to say i had this problem on my hymer when i bought it too ...some Pillock had just smeared silicone around it ...i removed the whole thing cleaned everything and resealed it properly and have had no issues since in 3 years ...the sealant on skylights doesn't last forever and id say like most rubber products it really needs cleaned off and replaced every 5 or 6 years. Ive removed and resealed all my skylights in the time ive had my van

 

[RM_Marine]

I was going to say i had this problem on my hymer when i bought it too ...some Pillock had just smeared silicone around it ...i removed the whole thing cleaned everything and resealed it properly and have had no issues since in 3 years ...the sealant on skylights doesn't last forever and id say like most rubber products it really needs cleaned off and replaced every 5 or 6 years. Ive removed and resealed all my skylights in the time ive had my van

Me last week and I just sealed around the roof side aswell due to it not making sense for it not to be sealed to the roof

 

[Kim H]

Hi David, no, I did not remove the skylight, I managed to do it (just about) with a dumpy Phillips screwdriver and a spanner, I removed all the winder mechanism, washed all the parts in petrol, dried and relubed with silicone grease (as I had it), re-installed both of them, now perfect, good luck with yours
AL
The rubber seals in mine were ok, so I did not replace them, but they are only the small rubber ring/seals you can get in the eBay kits

Could you put a link up for the seals you found on Ebay. Thanks

Anthony

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[bigalw35]

Hi Anthony, there are several kits on eBay, this is just, one item number 114237065060, £2.59 with free postage 50 seals

 

[bigalw35]

here are some pics of the winding gear, the rusty one is from the bathroom, the shiny one is from the living area skylight, both now cleaned and reinstalled with silicone grease, perfect