After 10 years I replaced my Avalon Olympic door gasket. I installed the correct size gasket 7/8. Removing the old gasket was easy. It came right out and most of the original cement came out also and I wire brushed the channel and got it good and clean. I installed a Rutland door gasket and use the rutland cement and the job was easy. Here's the part I don't understand. The door handle has 4 washers on it and and the manual says to remove one washer if the door doesn' seal tight enough. I did this and I ended up removing all the washers and the door still doesn't seal air tight. It fails the dollar bill test badly. Is my gasket not the correct thickness? Should I have gotten The Avalon OEM gasket. When I close the door it feels like it is closing tightly but the dollar bill slips easily in and out of the closed door. Is there a diference in 7/8 gaskets. It lays flat in the gasket channel so if it protruded out more this would solve the problem. Anyhelp appreciated.
Avalon Olympic door gasket not air tight
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IIRC Travis uses a special gasket that has a denser inner core that makes it fatter. I think you may need to use their OEM 7/8" gasket for a better seal.
Finally got around to installing my new OEM door gasket. Makes no difference whatsoever. Still not air tight especially on the bottom right side of door. I even bought a new handle and have two washers installed and the door closes tight.
Are you possibly using too much adhesive? If you put too much in the groove it will soak all the way through the rope gasket and cause it to flatten. I usually put a very thin layer of the clear Rutland glue then gently push the gasket into the groove. I will wait until it's dry before putting the door back on.
I don't think I used too much adhesive but the area that flunks the dollar bill test is flat. I'm going to try and pull it out with a small plyers
I totally pulled the gasket out and decided to reinstall it. I discovered that I stretched it out when installing it and thus made it flatter. Ofcourse by stretching it out I now have the gasket too short so I spliced a piece of gasket into the whole gasket. Everything seems airtight now except I didn't use any adhesive. I just carefully pushed the gasket into the channel on the door. It seems to fit well and I don't see how it can fall out. Anybody ever put a gasket in without cement and have no problems?
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