Please advise me on the proper method on removing the windshild. Thanks
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Robert, some things I am not willing to risk, when I had my car painted I took the car to a friend who owns the local glass shop, he is the guy in town who does the local hot rods and custom stuff. I had him pull the windshield and back glass and put back in afterwards, Charged me $35 I think. I had new gaskets on hand so he just cut the old ones and pushed them out. The one mistake I made was I also let him cut the gasket on the 1/4 windows because I saw in several vendors partslistsd that they were available, they aren't.
Gary
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Is there a method in which I can remove the windshield glass without destroying a perfectly sound gasket and save $250 in gasket replacement? I realize $250 is far less than the $1500 for a new window. However, someone out there must know a safe method. Thanks.
I'm going to go slightly out on a limb.
I've installed about 5 window glasses. One was a windshield. One was back glass, and I've done the pantera side glasses a couple times.
To install the glass (I know you said remove), you take a piece of rope or wire. The last time I used weed-eater nylon string. You put the gasket on the glass, then you insert the rope into the lip of the gasket. You lay the glass on the car with the ends of the rope on the inside of the car. Then you pull the rope into the car. As you pull the rope, it pulls the lip of the gasket over the metal lip of the window frame. Tada!!
To remove, I'd think you could do something similar. If you could get a small rope pushed though the gap between the gasket and the metal lip, you could pull it all the way around the frame, gradually "unseating" the gasket.
Make sure you use a small rope, but not something that will cut the gasket. That is, safety wire won't work. Soapy water may help.
I've installed about 5 window glasses. One was a windshield. One was back glass, and I've done the pantera side glasses a couple times.
To install the glass (I know you said remove), you take a piece of rope or wire. The last time I used weed-eater nylon string. You put the gasket on the glass, then you insert the rope into the lip of the gasket. You lay the glass on the car with the ends of the rope on the inside of the car. Then you pull the rope into the car. As you pull the rope, it pulls the lip of the gasket over the metal lip of the window frame. Tada!!
To remove, I'd think you could do something similar. If you could get a small rope pushed though the gap between the gasket and the metal lip, you could pull it all the way around the frame, gradually "unseating" the gasket.
Make sure you use a small rope, but not something that will cut the gasket. That is, safety wire won't work. Soapy water may help.
Snap On sells a tool to do this. It is a short thin pick with a small ball on the top.
IMHO, however, it does not seem worth the risk. I'd cut the rubber. Lots of times the rubber has been glued in in with silicone and that makes it even worse.
Why do you want to take the glass out? If it's just to paint, you can use the rope trick under the rubber so the paint line will not be visible.
Jeff
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IMHO, however, it does not seem worth the risk. I'd cut the rubber. Lots of times the rubber has been glued in in with silicone and that makes it even worse.
Why do you want to take the glass out? If it's just to paint, you can use the rope trick under the rubber so the paint line will not be visible.
Jeff
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I need to repair metal damaged by rust. The windshild must be removed. I wish it could be done without removing it. It must come out.
Mine is out for the same reason. It's a real common rust are. This is the second time I've had rust there.
Jeff
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Jeff
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