01-30-2006, 10:45 PM | #1 |
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Rear window install
I need to install the rear window into my 67 C-10. I did a search and know about the rope trick but should I start with the top or bottom? Where should the ends of the strings be at the start of the project? Can one guy pull this off? Thanks
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01-30-2006, 11:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: Rear window install
I started at the top I also used a bit of KY mine was a slider and went in easy with 2 people Jack
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01-31-2006, 12:42 AM | #3 |
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Re: Rear window install
i can just see me buying some ky for doing this...at the checkout over the loudspeaker: i need a price check on econo size ky jelly...he says its for installing the rear window on his 71 chev truck...snort.
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01-31-2006, 08:49 AM | #4 |
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Re: Rear window install
i've had no problem installing a rear slider myself// wrap the rope so the 2ends are at the bottom middle put the bottom in first then slowly pull one side at a time i used dishsoap for lube
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01-31-2006, 10:34 AM | #5 |
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Re: Rear window install
I also started with the bottom first. I figured...why fight to try and hold it up...let it rest on the lip and go from there. I mixed some dish soap with water in a spray bottle and kept it wet. Slid in with very little force.
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01-31-2006, 10:34 AM | #6 |
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Re: Rear window install
I do mine myself.
Use Goop hand soap for lubricant. Much cheaper than KY and less embarrasing. 99 cents a can at Wal-Mart and you need it around the shop anyway. One guy can do it himself. Wrap the string around the groove so the ends meet on the bottom and overlap.
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05-01-2006, 01:25 PM | #7 |
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Re: Rear window install
Just Did mine yesterday. Started at bottom.
Putting the rubber on the window and using a string was a pain in the a$$ & it almost ruined my seal. So, I put the rubber in the truck & worked the window into the rubber using a screw driver. Would have been easier if my old man's window tool wasn't at work. My window was a slider.
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05-01-2006, 09:20 PM | #8 |
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Re: Rear window install
My daughter held it from the bed of the truck. Started rope from the bottom. I pulled from inside. I used no lube.
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Re: Rear window install
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Sorry couldn't resist. I used WD40.....installing my window!!! Tim
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05-02-2006, 12:38 AM | #10 |
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Re: Rear window install
watch the wd it breaks down the rubber and ther is nothing worse than a broken down rubber
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