 Replacing window scraper seals, Can't get the f###ing little back end cap rubber piece out |
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| barefoot |
 Dec 12 2019, 06:24 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States 
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Got Mickey's newest door outer window scraper seals but can't install them with the rear trim pice installed. no amount of pushing/ pulling / colorful language will get the end caps off, even though the tiny retaining screws came out easily. Can't push the seals in vertically , they seem to have to slide in from the back edge.
Do I have to take the door cards or the rear glass sliders off first ??? I know i had installed earlier 914 rubber scrapers on before it went to the body shop, but can't get there anymore, old age ?? |
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| 914werke |
Dec 12 2019, 06:40 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 9,998 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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there is a screw retaining the end cap on the INSIDE of the door, through the vertical track
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| rhodyguy |
Dec 12 2019, 07:29 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,060 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
The Chanel stripping may be hiding the screw.
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| jmitro |
Dec 12 2019, 08:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 23-July 15 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 18,986 Region Association: None
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FWIW, I managed to install my window scrapers both ways - left side I pushed into the groove from the top. Right side I slid all the way from rear to front with a few dabs of soap to reduce friction.
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| barefoot |
Dec 14 2019, 07:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(jmitro @ Dec 12 2019, 09:06 PM)  FWIW, I managed to install my window scrapers both ways - left side I pushed into the groove from the top. Right side I slid all the way from rear to front with a few dabs of soap to reduce friction. Followed your lead and forced them in from the top. Had to start the very forward edge in, then used a rolling pin like tool to force seals into groove, took some colorful language to accomplish ! barefoot |
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| mb911 |
Dec 14 2019, 09:17 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,802 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Just did this last weekend.. I just moved the cap to the side and slide into the channel.. I used wd-40 as a little lube.. Also note everything was brand new from 914 rubber so that helped..
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| Mikey914 |
Dec 14 2019, 04:49 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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You can stretch the rubber by pulling it to help press it in. This is the easiest method. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)
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| porschetub |
Dec 15 2019, 12:45 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,697 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Mikey914 @ Dec 15 2019, 11:49 AM) You can stretch the rubber by pulling it to help press it in. This is the easiest method. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) Yes that worked for me with your parts,I then bunched it back up to allow for the rubber relaxing back...it worked as I have no gaps after fitting them a while back. Good part works well,my old ones had gone really hard and worn. |
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| FlacaProductions |
Dec 15 2019, 01:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,553 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California
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I did the new 914Rubber fuzzy-lined scrapers recently - slid in easily from the edge but I did use a little IPC P-80 Emulsion Temporary Assembly and Pump Seal Lubricant. Easy. Just like @porschetub - bunched them up - waiting for them to settle in and then i'll trim if/as necessary.
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| Mikey914 |
Dec 16 2019, 11:22 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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Honestly, it's amazing how many ways some parts can be installed. I have customers that call me and one guy took a bamboo kitchen "scraper" for lace of a better term.
Kind of like a spoon but flat angled bottom. He sanded it flat, lubed the track and was popping it on but taking a mallet and wacking it into the channel. His problem was that it wasn't evenly installed. It had bunched up making one section pushed high enough up that he couldn't get it to go in. It's easy to judge, but to him it made perfect sense. I do credit him with his inventiveness. |
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