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Spoof · 12-13-2010, 12:47 AM

In the channel in which the door window sits there is a piece of rubber which is inserted into the channel upon which the glass sits. (They're not in the pic because I can't find them, but they'll turn up...)
How is the glass secured, a little glue or contact cement? It's something I've never come across in all the years on this board.

Rack Man · 12-13-2010, 01:19 AM

I used the 3M glass adhesive...a little in the channel and then a bead along both edges after I hammered the glass in the channel...

They also make a special tape that pro glass guys use...

You can find more info. on this board by searching "door glass sash"

RM

Spoof · 12-13-2010, 10:09 AM

Thanks!

Jacfourteen · 12-13-2010, 12:53 PM

Great info, I'm getting ready to do mine and I was wondering too.

mrein3 · 12-13-2010, 02:11 PM

I had to place a piece of glass in a channel once. I had the rubber piece, glass, and channel all ready to go but was afraid to put them together.

My dad happened to stop by and I asked him about it. He worked at the St. Paul Ford assembly plant for 42 years so I figured he would know how to put them together. He smiled and asked if I had a small 12-14 inch piece of 2x4. I handed him the board. He already had the glass, rubber, and channel.

He walked out into the middle of the lawn, set the window down on edge in the grass, placed the rubber over the glass, and the channel over the rubber. Then he proceeded to whack the sh!+ out of the bottom of the channel with the hunk of 2x4. That was over 8 years ago and is still riding around in the door just fine.

No glue, no special tape, just the channel, rubber, and glass.

12-13-2010, 12:47 AM	#1
Spoof Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Victoria,BC, Canada Posts: 1,300	Door glass install question In the channel in which the door window sits there is a piece of rubber which is inserted into the channel upon which the glass sits. (They're not in the pic because I can't find them, but they'll turn up...) How is the glass secured, a little glue or contact cement? It's something I've never come across in all the years on this board. Attached Images __________________ 71 GMC 1500 LWB

12-13-2010, 01:19 AM	#2
Rack Man Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 770	Re: Door glass install question I used the 3M glass adhesive...a little in the channel and then a bead along both edges after I hammered the glass in the channel... They also make a special tape that pro glass guys use... You can find more info. on this board by searching "door glass sash" RM __________________ My Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=309288 Last edited by Rack Man; 12-13-2010 at 01:28 AM.

12-13-2010, 10:09 AM	#3
Spoof Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Victoria,BC, Canada Posts: 1,300	Re: Door glass install question Thanks! __________________ 71 GMC 1500 LWB

12-13-2010, 12:53 PM	#4
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: Door glass install question Great info, I'm getting ready to do mine and I was wondering too. __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's

12-13-2010, 02:11 PM	#5
mrein3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Center City, MN, USA Posts: 3,254	Re: Door glass install question I had to place a piece of glass in a channel once. I had the rubber piece, glass, and channel all ready to go but was afraid to put them together. My dad happened to stop by and I asked him about it. He worked at the St. Paul Ford assembly plant for 42 years so I figured he would know how to put them together. He smiled and asked if I had a small 12-14 inch piece of 2x4. I handed him the board. He already had the glass, rubber, and channel. He walked out into the middle of the lawn, set the window down on edge in the grass, placed the rubber over the glass, and the channel over the rubber. Then he proceeded to whack the sh!+ out of the bottom of the channel with the hunk of 2x4. That was over 8 years ago and is still riding around in the door just fine. No glue, no special tape, just the channel, rubber, and glass. __________________ '70 cab, '71 chassis, 383, TH350, NP205. '71 Malibu convertible '72 Malibu hard top Center City, MN

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