Window removal and installation
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| − | On some vehicles the side windshield is bolted or clipped to the track assembly. On other vehicles there are rivets holding it in place. In either case one must either remove bolts or clips or carefully drill out the rivets in order to remove a side window. Then quite often the track assembly has an upper limiter which must be removed to allow removal of the side window. If you are working with an older vehicle and have no replacement glass to install, make a template out of masonite the same thickness as the glass. Bring your finished template into a glass shop and they will make you a replacement glass which you can install. Clean out the window channel of all dirt and rust. Install a new base tape and slowly work the window into the channel. Keep the side window vertical while tapping with a oak block and rubber mallet. Install new vertical channel tracks and replace the inner and outer 'fuzzies' weather strips for a sound and water tight installation. | + | On some vehicles the side windshield is bolted or clipped to the track assembly. On other vehicles there are rivets holding it in place. In either case one must either remove bolts or clips or carefully drill out the rivets in order to remove a side window. Then quite often the track assembly has an upper limiter which must be removed to allow removal of the side window. If you are working with an older vehicle and have no replacement glass to install, make a template out of masonite the same thickness as the glass. Bring your finished template into a glass shop and they will make you a replacement glass which you can install. Clean out the window channel of all dirt and [[rust]]. Install a new base tape and slowly work the window into the channel. Keep the side window vertical while tapping with a oak block and rubber mallet. Install new vertical channel tracks and replace the inner and outer 'fuzzies' weather strips for a sound and water tight installation. |
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