How do you remove the rear 1/4 windows??
Will
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Will,
From the title I thought maybe you bought another Pantera and the wife of the deceased owner didn't really want to let it go
Mine just pushed out, although it took some force the first time. I think there may be a securing screw on some from the rear door jamb.
Julian
From the title I thought maybe you bought another Pantera and the wife of the deceased owner didn't really want to let it go
Mine just pushed out, although it took some force the first time. I think there may be a securing screw on some from the rear door jamb.
Julian
There are only screws on the very early cars. The 1/4 windows are held in just like the windshield.There is a flange on the body that engages into the rubber. A rubber lip holds the assy from falling out.
Ron
Ron
They will push out from the inside.
Stiff after all these years, work around the gasket, inside, lifting and flexing. Do this a time or two before trying to push them out.
I'd start at the top, front corner and while lifting the gasket back, start pushing on the glass. Push and peel the gasket, maintaining force.
The first time you'll think this just isn't going to work, but once things start to loosen, it is really a piece of cake.
The second will be a lot easier than the first.
Larry
Stiff after all these years, work around the gasket, inside, lifting and flexing. Do this a time or two before trying to push them out.
I'd start at the top, front corner and while lifting the gasket back, start pushing on the glass. Push and peel the gasket, maintaining force.
The first time you'll think this just isn't going to work, but once things start to loosen, it is really a piece of cake.
The second will be a lot easier than the first.
Larry
quote:Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
The second will be a lot easier than the first.
Larry
And both will be easier than getting them back in!!
Ron
Replacing the glass should not be that difficult. Use wd40 to soften and lub the rubber, place a heavy string or lite rope in the grove of the rubber. Have someone hold the glass with the rubber on it next to the hole and pull the string from the inside. Works like a zipper. If the trim is in the rubber it should be applied before installation. JD
Adding to what Larry said, in rare instances the left 'gill' will overlap the gasket and need to be removed. On the one '71 I found that was that way, the gill fasteners were wing-nuts so no tools were needed. Decades of paint might glue the gasket in slightly, but should not really interfere much.
The method the window guys use is they use a thin cable / wire and pull it thru ...then the pul it all the way around to loosen up the gasket around the window to ensure there is no glue or that the gasket has bonnded itself to the glass then as your doing this have some one pushing on the window and it will pop out.
Ron
Ron