On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:58:57 -0700 (PDT), Tom Adkins wrote:
>On Apr 16, 2:24 am, danny...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> While tossing lumber in my 1990 Ford F150 Pickup truck, I knocked out
>> the rear window on the passenger side. Yeah, I deserve idiot award,
>> and I'm still pissed about it. Anyhow, this is a 4 piece window,
>> left, right, and the two in the middle that slide open. I only broke
>> the right non-slide piece
>>
>> I removed all the broken pieces of glass and found there is a plastic
>> sleeve on the outer side that removes, and the top, bottom, and where
>> it slides into the vertical center piece there is a thin rubber piece.
>> What I cant understand is how do I get the glass in there along with
>> all those rubber pieces and that thick plastic slide in piece.
>>
>> It does not appear that verticle metal piece is removable, otherwise
>> it would seem easy to slide the glass in there. I noticed there is a
>> piece of metal trim under the window that has 4 screws to remove it.
>> Maybe thats just trim, or maybe it will help.
>>
>> Another thing, how the heck do those slide window pieces in the middle
>> come out. I'm sure they do (somehow).
They aren't meant to come out easily, or it would make breaking into
the truck childs play. There's usually a non-obvious way to take
apart the tracks and move the slot open. (I sure wouldn't put it up
in a public forum to instruct the crooks...)
>> The rest of the window and the frame are all fine, I just need that
>> one piece of glass. I'm hoping I dont have to remove, and/or replace
>> the entire window (all 4 pieces of glass). Tomorrow I go to the local
>> junk yard and hopefully they have this glass. I'm sure theres some
>> trick to this.
>
>That's what you have to do.
> You pull out the entire assembly, then disassemble it.
It's theoretically possible to fix it on the truck IF you have
fourteen hands and can work in 3D from both sides... It'll be a WHOLE
lot simpler to dismount the window and have it flat on the bench with
a nice chunk of carpet as padding, and you can apply force as needed
without breaking something else.
The key to the solution is the thin rubber wedge strips and the trim
garnish strips on the glass surrounds, you remove them to get some
slack in the main rubber gasket. Then the main gasket can be folded
/just/ enough to get the glass in and out of the frame, one side at a
time.
And there are many tricks to getting it to pop in, like polyethylene
plastic wedges and strips that won't chip the glass, wedging a piece
of rope into the glass channel and pull the rope to use as a zipper,
etc. And various magic lubricants. I don't claim to know them all,
but people who run auto glass shops sure do - they can have them in
and out in 10 minutes.
> Good luck
>finding a used one. Good sliders disappear quick in the junkyards.
> Sliding rear windows are a lot like upfit parts on conversion vans,
>motor homes, etc. Finding parts is often a futile effort. You might
>want to look into a complete window asy. from your local accessory
>shop.
They may be able to order a new piece of glass, there are companies
overseas still making replacement window glass for vintage and antique
cars. They can also order the piece custom-cut and tempered from a
local glass foundry, but the minimum charge can be $75 - 100. If you
can track down other people that need that particular glass, you can
run several at once to meet the minimum order and cut the price.
A complete new aftermarket slider might be less expensive than
fixing the old one. Investigate all options before deciding.
--<< Bruce >>--
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