What is the proper way to remove and replace the stationary 1/4 windows? Does the trim peices come out with it?
Quote from: Carolina Boy on April 02, 2009, 11:37:57 PM
What is the proper way to remove and replace the stationary 1/4 windows? Does the trim peices come out with it?
I have never done these, so I'm not sure how much this will help but, I would think you could take a window tool (a twisted pointy screwdriver) and work the rubber out from the inside. I know when my hubby R&R'ed VW Quarter windows, he would sit in the back seat and litteraly kick the windows out, rubber and all!!! In fact that is how he got the back window out of our parts 72 Pinto!!!!
I would defenitally wait for some more experienced Pinto owners to reply though!!!!! LOL ;D
I wear a 9 and a 1/2, is that big enough?? :tgif:
Robert let it sit in sun 1st to soften rubber. Then pull chrome off. Fred :)
Fred, I don't have extra money to buy such expensive special tools like those! :lol:
Seriously, they're removed working from the inside of the car?
Installing: Is the trim installed in the rubber before the glass? Then mount the whole window, glass, rubber and trim as one?
I like to do them on outside more working room. Fred :)
I will try both way. I am lucky that I have an extra set from the 76. Thanks
This is the screwdriver thingy hubby uses!!
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Hey there, when i pulled them out of my car for a headliner install, i just worked them out from the inside. Just pull the rear seat out , then the back, then the side panels then you can get to the gasket. I just worked the window gasket out starting at the middle bottom. Yes they come out, and go back in, all as one assy.
GL!
That just tickles me pink! Thanks everybody.
This method has worked for me with the non-flip out style 1/4 windows. The metal trim in the rubber, rubber gasket, and glass get removed and installed as a single assembly. If your car has metal trim attached to sheet metal, it stays put during this process. The glass-rubber assembly gets pushed to the outside from inside the car (gentle foot power does help). To make it easier, I coat the gasket with ArmorAll. It makes a mess but ArmorAll seems to soften up the rubber and also lubricates it. Be sure to get it behind the gasket, let it sit for a while, then reapply. While pushing from inside, start at a corner and lift interior edge of the rubber to slide it out the opening. I have had bad luck using metal tools around glass, popsicle sticks or half a wooden clothes pin may be a safer prying tool. To reinstall: lubricate it up again, put a cord in the groove with the loose ends inside the car, put pressure on the out side of the glass-rubber assembly while pulling the cord from inside the car. Pulling one end of the cord will lift the inner rubber flap over the metal lip. Gradually work around the glass while pulling the cord until the gasket is in place. Hopefully you are not in a cold climate, getting the rubber flexible is essential.