need advice installing front windshield - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

*rage'nrat638* · 09-28-2003, 06:34 AM

any help would be great...i don't want to break this one...

THANKS MARK--------------69 C-20

**jamie72** · 09-28-2003, 11:29 AM

i`ve installed the one in my blazer,with no doors or top on so i could get all the way around it...
it still a pita.
never broke it thou,i used lots of soapy water,and time,took about 4 hours,started at the bottom worked my way around to the corners.
this time on the truck i`m working on i`m just going to call a glass place to do it.
good luck jamie

junkyarddog1956 · 09-28-2003, 11:45 AM

get you a piece of clothesline rope , 3/16 " . Install your rubber onto the glass , if you have mldg ...put it on too . Wrap the rope completely around the the inside groove of the rubber and overlap in the middle at the bottom , set the windshield in the hole , seating the bottom in place , patting the top and sides to get them in place too , start with one end of the rope and start pulling ....easy ... fitting the lip of the seal in place , keep pulling ... the lip should be seating itself by this time .....pull gently and you should have the windshield in in about 10 mins ... thats how I do it , jyd

*rage'nrat638* · 09-28-2003, 06:10 PM

thanks junkyarddog....sounds easy

i have put a rear slider or two in hope it goes as easy.......

*rage'nrat638* · 12-23-2003, 10:31 PM

WENT LIKE CAKE

*rage'nrat638* · 12-23-2003, 10:33 PM

IN THE JUNK

**old Rusty C10** · 12-23-2003, 10:45 PM

looks good now come over and do the one on my 86 lol

09-28-2003, 06:34 AM	#1
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	need advice installing front windshield any help would be great...i don't want to break this one... THANKS MARK--------------69 C-20

09-28-2003, 11:29 AM	#2
jamie72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: madison indiana Posts: 3,836	i`ve installed the one in my blazer,with no doors or top on so i could get all the way around it... it still a pita. never broke it thou,i used lots of soapy water,and time,took about 4 hours,started at the bottom worked my way around to the corners. this time on the truck i`m working on i`m just going to call a glass place to do it. good luck jamie __________________ jamie72 72 BB cheyenne -- Restoration getting started.. member #807 http://www.myspace.com/whitetailobsession www.antlertalk.com

12-23-2003, 10:31 PM	#5
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	WENT LIKE CAKE Last edited by rage'nrat638; 07-12-2007 at 07:09 AM.

12-23-2003, 10:33 PM	#6
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	IN THE JUNK Last edited by rage'nrat638; 07-12-2007 at 07:09 AM.

12-23-2003, 10:45 PM	#7
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	looks good now come over and do the one on my 86 lol __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

09-28-2003, 11:45 AM	#3
junkyarddog1956 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Thorntown , Indiana Posts: 231	get you a piece of clothesline rope , 3/16 " . Install your rubber onto the glass , if you have mldg ...put it on too . Wrap the rope completely around the the inside groove of the rubber and overlap in the middle at the bottom , set the windshield in the hole , seating the bottom in place , patting the top and sides to get them in place too , start with one end of the rope and start pulling ....easy ... fitting the lip of the seal in place , keep pulling ... the lip should be seating itself by this time .....pull gently and you should have the windshield in in about 10 mins ... thats how I do it , jyd

09-28-2003, 06:10 PM	#4
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	thanks junkyarddog....sounds easy i have put a rear slider or two in hope it goes as easy.......

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