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61K10 · 01-29-2014, 04:44 PM

can i install my windshield and then put the cab back on frame? seams it would be much easier to install W/S sitting down low and being able to work around the front. will be using my cherry-Picker to in stall the cab.

CMFT · 01-29-2014, 05:23 PM

Seems awfully risky to me. I'd hate for there to be any twisting that could cause the glass to crack. I've never done it though, so I have no backup. Just thinking...

Downlow2xfo · 01-30-2014, 09:16 AM

Don't know about that but I ran heavy duty tow straps through my side windows and back over the top hooked to a chain hoist in the rafters and removed and reinstalled my cab three times with no problems!

61K10 · 01-30-2014, 01:03 PM

thanks for the reply's--my method is like your straps

vin63 · 01-30-2014, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 61K10

can i install my windshield and then put the cab back on frame? seams it would be much easier to install W/S sitting down low and being able to work around the front. will be using my cherry-Picker to in stall the cab.

I have several times throughout my build ups. I just had to compensate the lift balance for the weight of the glass.

KTSK10 · 01-30-2014, 07:47 PM

A buddy of mine has a truck lift that I will be using to lift my cab. I do like your idea there 61K10.

01-29-2014, 04:44 PM	#1
61K10 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: pleasant valley--placerville ca Posts: 3,039	putting cab on frame with windshild? can i install my windshield and then put the cab back on frame? seams it would be much easier to install W/S sitting down low and being able to work around the front. will be using my cherry-Picker to in stall the cab. __________________ 1961 chevy K10 my build is------------61K10 build

01-29-2014, 05:23 PM	#2
CMFT Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: DFW Posts: 117	Re: putting cab on frame with windshild? Seems awfully risky to me. I'd hate for there to be any twisting that could cause the glass to crack. I've never done it though, so I have no backup. Just thinking... __________________ '58 Apache

01-30-2014, 09:16 AM	#3
Downlow2xfo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Phenix City, AL Posts: 244	Re: putting cab on frame with windshild? Don't know about that but I ran heavy duty tow straps through my side windows and back over the top hooked to a chain hoist in the rafters and removed and reinstalled my cab three times with no problems! __________________ May your life be like a roll of toilet paper... Long and useful or short and crappy!!! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=584520

01-30-2014, 01:03 PM	#4
61K10 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: pleasant valley--placerville ca Posts: 3,039	Re: putting cab on frame with windshild? thanks for the reply's--my method is like your straps Attached Images __________________ 1961 chevy K10 my build is------------61K10 build

01-30-2014, 07:47 PM	#6
KTSK10 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Yukon, Oklahoma Posts: 47	Re: putting cab on frame with windshild? A buddy of mine has a truck lift that I will be using to lift my cab. I do like your idea there 61K10. __________________ It starts as a diamond in the rough.



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