Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    rec.autos.tech    |    Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al    |    117,728 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 116,402 of 117,728    |
|    knuttle to Bob F    |
|    Re: Question about locks and window moto    |
|    26 Dec 21 10:40:23    |
      XPost: alt.home.repair       From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net              On 12/25/2021 11:42 PM, Bob F wrote:              >> Are people saying that the sideways pressure of the water forces the       >> window against its channel and that's why it won't go down?       >       > Some are.              It was in the videos so look for them but you can think about it.              You already agree there's about a thousand pounds against the door.       Why wouldn't there be about a thousand pounds against the window?       (the actual pressure depends on the area - but go with the idea)              Certainly the same pressure per square inch against the door is against the       windows once the water gets to that level so the question is really what       happens to your car windows when you force them with appreciable force       sideways?              I don't know the answer but the expert's suggestion is don't wait until it       actually happens to find that out as these people may very well have done       this week.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca