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Lattimer · 03-07-2013, 02:23 PM

I'm looking at installing a sliding rear window in my truck. I see a few suppliers that sell them. My back glass is scratched up pretty good, and I'd like to be able to open the window.

Has anyone installed one? How bad is it? I've never messed with glass at all.

Any idea on best quality units? Who sells the best?

cdowns · 03-07-2013, 03:14 PM

rear windows weather sliding or fixed are pretty easy to install even for a firsttimer if you have a second set of hands to help you and use a new rubber gasket/// i've gotten some slidewrs from jcwhitney and found them good quality reasonable prices

Lattimer · 03-07-2013, 03:37 PM

I looked on JC Whitney and didn't see anything. I checked there first since they do free shipping.

terry b · 03-07-2013, 05:43 PM

I bought mine from LMC. They only come with black frame. It dont look to bad with the crome trim. Fits good. Seals good. No leaks.

**truckster** · 03-07-2013, 06:15 PM

It's an easy install, but you'll want a helper.

To remove the old glass: Have the helper in the bed, and you'll be kneeling on the seat facing the window. It helps if you have a hook tool, which looks kind of like a screwdriver handle with a hook on the end. Start at one of the upper corners, and pull the gasket down over the pinchweld while you're pushing out on the glass. Keep going across and around until you get the whole thing out. The helper is just there to catch the glass.

Put the gasket on the new backlight, and lay it down with the outside facing down. Take a 3/16 or 1/4 hollow braid nylon rope and work it into the pinchweld channel in the gasket, with the center of the rope at the center of the top and the ends crossing at the bottom. Have your helper hold the window against the pinchweld and put some pressure on it, and pull on the rope so that it pulls the rubber over the pinchweld. A liberal application of glass cleaner on the rubber will help it slide over the pinchweld. It will usually take one or two firm but not too hard smacks with the open palm of your hand from the outside to completely seat the glass. No sealer should be needed, unless the rubber is torn. If that's the case, I'd replace the rubber.

03-07-2013, 02:23 PM	#1
Lattimer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Mickleton, NJ Posts: 1,776	Sliding rear window I'm looking at installing a sliding rear window in my truck. I see a few suppliers that sell them. My back glass is scratched up pretty good, and I'd like to be able to open the window. Has anyone installed one? How bad is it? I've never messed with glass at all. Any idea on best quality units? Who sells the best? __________________ Shawn 1970 Chevy C-10 SWB, 350, TKO 600 5 speed My build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559881

03-07-2013, 03:14 PM	#2
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Sliding rear window rear windows weather sliding or fixed are pretty easy to install even for a firsttimer if you have a second set of hands to help you and use a new rubber gasket/// i've gotten some slidewrs from jcwhitney and found them good quality reasonable prices __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

03-07-2013, 03:37 PM	#3
Lattimer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Mickleton, NJ Posts: 1,776	Re: Sliding rear window I looked on JC Whitney and didn't see anything. I checked there first since they do free shipping. __________________ Shawn 1970 Chevy C-10 SWB, 350, TKO 600 5 speed My build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559881

03-07-2013, 05:43 PM	#4
terry b Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: jackson michigan Posts: 755	Re: Sliding rear window I bought mine from LMC. They only come with black frame. It dont look to bad with the crome trim. Fits good. Seals good. No leaks.

03-07-2013, 06:15 PM	#5
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,976	Re: Sliding rear window It's an easy install, but you'll want a helper. To remove the old glass: Have the helper in the bed, and you'll be kneeling on the seat facing the window. It helps if you have a hook tool, which looks kind of like a screwdriver handle with a hook on the end. Start at one of the upper corners, and pull the gasket down over the pinchweld while you're pushing out on the glass. Keep going across and around until you get the whole thing out. The helper is just there to catch the glass. Put the gasket on the new backlight, and lay it down with the outside facing down. Take a 3/16 or 1/4 hollow braid nylon rope and work it into the pinchweld channel in the gasket, with the center of the rope at the center of the top and the ends crossing at the bottom. Have your helper hold the window against the pinchweld and put some pressure on it, and pull on the rope so that it pulls the rubber over the pinchweld. A liberal application of glass cleaner on the rubber will help it slide over the pinchweld. It will usually take one or two firm but not too hard smacks with the open palm of your hand from the outside to completely seat the glass. No sealer should be needed, unless the rubber is torn. If that's the case, I'd replace the rubber.



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