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Windshield Glass Installation Tips?

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Henri Watson, Nov 9, 2022.

  1. Nov 11, 2022
    bigjohn

    bigjohn Active Member

    Kelso Wa
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    I did my glass and seal install a few years ago. My local glass places wanted a significant amount to install with no liability if the glass cracked. So I did the install. It was a pain, for sure. But I used very basic tools and a squirt bottle of soap water which is particularly handy with the little rope seal. I installed it in the same orientation as the old one came out. Of course learned a few months later that orientation was wrong with the rope seal on the inside:crazy:
     
  2. Nov 11, 2022
    Oldpappy

    Oldpappy A.C. Fults - Curmudgeon at large 2022 Sponsor

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    I don't think it hurts anything to have the "rope seal" or lock strip on the inside, but they are usually on the outside. With the proper tool that lock strip isn't difficult to install.
     
  3. Nov 11, 2022
    Bulldog Shoaf

    Bulldog Shoaf New Member

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    Much easier if you can work on a flat surface, support the frame, inside up, on a set of padded saw horses with two 1x4s cut to be a few inches shorter than the glass is wide, to support the glass, put the gasket on the frame, then insert some waxed cord into the window channel of the gasket all the way around and overlap the loose ends by about a foot, I use 550 parachute cord. Spray on a liberal amount of soapy water, lay the glass onto the gasket/frame then work the cord both ways a little at a time. Keep pressure, I used my wife, do so at your own risk to keep the glass in place where it has seated into the gasket. You can put lots of pressure on the edge of the glass with no worry, just limit how much you push on the flat surface, the 1x4's help in that regard. Plenty soapy water as you go along, and patience gets it done. Once seated, flip it over and work in the lock strip by spreading the gasket a couple of inches ahead of the lock strip as you go along and push in a few inches at a time, move your spreading "tool", I think I used an unsharpened wood pencil. I've done a few on different cars over the years, this is relatively easy in comparison with curved windshields which can't be worked on a flat surface, which I think makes all the difference.
     
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