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Posted by: tdsmoonchild Feb 15 2006, 06:22 AM

I need to remove the windshield to prep that area. What is the safe/easiest way? Seem to remember in the old days talk of suction cups and piano wire.................

Posted by: rhodyguy Feb 15 2006, 08:10 AM

i asked this same thing yest. scroll down. i will be writing a " how to ruin nice aluminum trim and break a perfectly good windshield, because i tried to remove it when it was too cold" thread in the near future. i plan on getting one of chris folley's groovy trim removal tools.

k

Posted by: 514727625 Feb 15 2006, 08:36 AM

I just used a n old flexible 1 inch putty knife. When I had seperated a section, I would put thin wooden blocks under it to prevent it from re-gluing itself. It took a couple hours. Don't get in a hurry. If you put it in a bind, it will break. That butyl rubber is the stickyest stuff I have ever seen.

Good Luck
Rob

Posted by: mrdezyne Feb 15 2006, 08:47 AM

However if you get lucky and your seal is old and crappy like mine was, you will find that after you take the trim off, the windsheild will already be loose on one side and the other side will almost fall out with the slightest bit of pressure.... I wasn't ready for it to come out, but appearantly it was....

Posted by: tdsmoonchild Feb 15 2006, 08:55 AM

QUOTE (mrdezyne @ Feb 15 2006, 06:47 AM)
However if you get lucky and your seal is old and crappy like mine was, you will find that after you take the trim off, the windsheild will already be loose on one side and the other side will almost fall out with the slightest bit of pressure.... I wasn't ready for it to come out, but appearantly it was....

Mine seems pretty stuck!

Posted by: aircooledboy Feb 15 2006, 04:04 PM

Hey boys,

Wrote this post long ago: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=10861&st=0#entry146418

PM me if you need to know more.

Chris