On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:37:31 -0700, Bruce L. Bergman
<blnospambergman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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 >>--
Thanks for the advice.
Lets say I want to remove the whole slider window. How do I do it?
I'm assuming there are some sort of clips on the inside, is that
correct? Then I imagine the window comes off on the outside.
I suppose I'll have to remove it and then fix it. I am also
considering seeing if I can cut some plexiglass to fit in there. It
looks to be a possibility. I made a tem****ary patch out of 1/8"
masonite wood. After cutting the shape, it fit in there pretty well,
although I didn't waste a lot of time on it, and the piece of masonite
was a half inch too narrow to begin. Duct tape solved that for the
moment, I just want to keep out rain (and my farm cats) for now.
This is a farm truck, so I dont want to spend a lot of money on it,
but I do need to get some kind of window in there. Maybe plexiglass
would be a better solution anyhow, since it seems more durable????
Some silicone caulk around the edges does wonders too.
Dan
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