vent window seal installation - help!

[Mark B]

I've been looking for links or threads on how to install new vent window seals on my 1970 c-10. But no luck so far.

Can someone point the way? I'm sure this is written up somewhere.

thanks
Mark

[green68]

i gave up and installed a one pc. glass application

[gcburdic]

Click on the FAQ Thread in my signature....it's in there....have fun and be patient!!!

Here it is...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=153937

[Mark B]

Geoff;

Thanks, with your instructions I am getting it done.

Another question. I got the window out of the frame. The glass itself is sandwiched in a metal channel with a rubber seal. My rubber seal is ratty looking. Can it be replaced?

thanks
Mark

[gcburdic]

Originally Posted by Mark B

Geoff;

Thanks, with your instructions I am getting it done.

Another question. I got the window out of the frame. The glass itself is sandwiched in a metal channel with a rubber seal. My rubber seal is ratty looking. Can it be replaced?

thanks
Mark

No problem Mark.....

Are you talking about the metal the arrows are pointing to??

I am not sure....I *Think* you can, but I have never done it....maybe someone else will chime in here and help!

[mbgmike]

It can be replaced. Most glass shops will sell you some but it IS getting harder to find. Just be careful not to bend the frame cause they will bend.

[68shortstep]

Butyl edge-wrap tape, comes in different widths & thicknesses. Most glass shops have it in a BIG roll or two, or several.

The window glass is just a force-fit into the frame, which is like a U-channel, with the tape as a spacer / filler as well as a water-proofer. You clean the old broken glass & butyl out of the channel with a screwdriver, & a solvent. A touch of heat may help soften the old tape, if you're trying to take a non-broken glass out of the frame.

Believe it or not, you lay / wrap the tape on the glass edge & literally beat it into the U-channel of the metal frame which is standing vertically on edge on a workbench (or piece of soft wood like a 2 x 4 board) by hitting the glass edge (the edge away from the tape) with a rubber mallet & you drive or wedge the tape & glass down into the frame together all at once. Some soapy water helps lubricate things.

Razor blade trim-off of the excess butyl tape sticking out, neat to the metal window frame channel. That way, it doesn't matter if the tape is off-center a bit on the channel as you're driving it & the glass into place.

Done !

Sounds (& looks) brutal & "bet there's gonna be a broken glass" crazy when you see a good installer do it the first time, but that's the way it's done. Takes way more time to get the old out & the channel cleaned up than it does to put the new one in.

[smoked68]

Call me ghetto but when mine came out I used black RTV in the channel and pushed the window back in. After it dries it wont turn loose.

[Mark B]

How do you remove the chrome latch from the vent window? I'd like to clean it up and lube it.

thanks
MArk

[gcburdic]

Hey Mark,

Sorry, I can't remember how I did this, but.....FYI....if you don't already, you might want to pick up a Factory Assembly manual....has lots of good exploded views for things like this....They are $35-$40US....check with some board vendors (click on the link in my signature and scroll down)...Hope this helps!

[Mark B]

Good idea. I'll look for onr of those.
thanks
Mark

[leddzepp]

The vertical seal rivets are a pain in the butt....I used pop rivets instead and they worked great.

[kvn1011]

Old post, but i found this awesome tutorial on the tube,
I plan on doing this myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZO...e_gdata_player