I have to clean up some rust around my windshield seals and need to pull the
windshield. Can anyone point me to step-by-step instructions on how to cut
the old sealant and properly replace it? My Chiltons says to get a "heat
knife", cut the old sealant, then replace it. It doesn't say whether to cut
it from the front or the back, etc.( I assume from the front). Anyone know a
link on how to do this?

--
Dana
'93 YJ

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." - G.W. Bush

 

Professionals have a linoleum knife with a cable and a T handle fixed to it.
You pull on that T handle and you don't need a heat knife. The best way is
to hire someone to do it the first time, and watch like I did, but they do
cut the seal from the front. The inside seal is a real PITA. It always
sags at the top. I taped mine in place after the glass guy left, and it
still sags.

Earle

"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
news:virg9hjj0sj665@corp.supernews.com...
> I have to clean up some rust around my windshield seals and need to pull
the
> windshield. Can anyone point me to step-by-step instructions on how to cut
> the old sealant and properly replace it? My Chiltons says to get a "heat
> knife", cut the old sealant, then replace it. It doesn't say whether to
cut
> it from the front or the back, etc.( I assume from the front). Anyone know
a
> link on how to do this?
>
> --
> Dana
> '93 YJ
>
> "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." - G.W. Bush
>
>

 

I would love to have someone else do it, but I was trying to avoid removing
the entire frame. If I drive the Jeep to the window guy, I'd have to drive
it home without the glass - which I believe is kinda illegal and unsafe,
albeit exciting. I wanted to do the rust work and painting myself to make
sure it is done right. Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and take it to a body
shop to be painted.

--
Dana


"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." - G.W. Bush


"Earle Horton" <enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> wrote in message
news:bgkgp7$pepn9$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Professionals have a linoleum knife with a cable and a T handle fixed to
it.
> You pull on that T handle and you don't need a heat knife. The best way
is
> to hire someone to do it the first time, and watch like I did, but they do
> cut the seal from the front. The inside seal is a real PITA. It always
> sags at the top. I taped mine in place after the glass guy left, and it
> still sags.
>
> Earle

 

If you can find one of those knives with the pull handle you should be able
to do the job. I have never seen one of those knives in a store, but glass
replacement mechanics must get them somewhere.

Earle

"Dana Rohleder" <boreal@charter.net> wrote in message
news:virlk23ufv6a0d@corp.supernews.com...
> I would love to have someone else do it, but I was trying to avoid
removing
> the entire frame. If I drive the Jeep to the window guy, I'd have to drive
> it home without the glass - which I believe is kinda illegal and unsafe,
> albeit exciting. I wanted to do the rust work and painting myself to make
> sure it is done right. Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and take it to a
body
> shop to be painted.
>
> --
> Dana
>
>
> "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." - G.W. Bush
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> wrote in message
> news:bgkgp7$pepn9$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Professionals have a linoleum knife with a cable and a T handle fixed to
> it.
> > You pull on that T handle and you don't need a heat knife. The best way
> is
> > to hire someone to do it the first time, and watch like I did, but they
do
> > cut the seal from the front. The inside seal is a real PITA. It always
> > sags at the top. I taped mine in place after the glass guy left, and it
> > still sags.
> >
> > Earle
>
>

 

I needed to change my frame and I said frig it and hired a company that
came to my driveway and changed the glass from one to the other. Cost
me 50 or 75 bucks, don't remember, but it Was worth it. They had a
bugger of a time with it.

Oh and I think you should be fine driving with no glass in the
windshield. A, you can just lower it to the hood or B, here in Ontario
Canada the law only says you have to have wipers and no broken glass,
says nothing about having 'no' glass at all. ;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> I would love to have someone else do it, but I was trying to avoid removing
> the entire frame. If I drive the Jeep to the window guy, I'd have to drive
> it home without the glass - which I believe is kinda illegal and unsafe,
> albeit exciting. I wanted to do the rust work and painting myself to make
> sure it is done right. Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and take it to a body
> shop to be painted.
>
> --
> Dana
>
> "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." - G.W. Bush
>
> "Earle Horton" <enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> wrote in message
> news:bgkgp7$pepn9$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Professionals have a linoleum knife with a cable and a T handle fixed to
> it.
> > You pull on that T handle and you don't need a heat knife. The best way
> is
> > to hire someone to do it the first time, and watch like I did, but they do
> > cut the seal from the front. The inside seal is a real PITA. It always
> > sags at the top. I taped mine in place after the glass guy left, and it
> > still sags.
> >
> > Earle