55.2-59 Windshield help please!!!!

[ironadict]

Ok. Yeah I think we are going to pull it out and lay it in the old glass and see how the contours match up. Then we will also put the windshield into the truck with no gasket to make sure it fits. If all that is good we we’ll heat up the gasket a little and hopefully that will make it easier.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by ironadict

Ok. Yeah I think we are going to pull it out and lay it in the old glass and see how the contours match up. Then we will also put the windshield into the truck with no gasket to make sure it fits. If all that is good we we’ll heat up the gasket a little and hopefully that will make it easier.

i'd be curious to see the match between the 2 windshields too
fyi... i used rubber from brothers
also how well do your doors fit to the cab?

[mgchevyparts]

Seriously doubt it's the glass. I bet it's the gasket. Did they send you Precision brand? Those are terrible.

[dsraven]

test fit glass to opening
use new soft rubber
test fit new rubber, mark center
lube new rubber with dish soap or tire mounting slime around the outside lips, something that will come of with water and not damage paint
center windshield without rubber and use tape or grease pencil to mark the body and tape to mark the center of the glass and the center of the body
install the rubber on the glass
install a cord/rope in the lips of the rubber, around the outside of the rubber, so the ends overlap at the bottom of the glass
lay the glass/rubber/cord into the opening, have help.
have helper press firmly, but not point pressure hard enough to crack the glass, so the lips of the rubber can be "started" over the metal lip on the cab opening
once the lips are over the steel, have helper(s) firmly apply pressure while you pull the cord from both ends. slowly. the cord should pull the lips fully over the steel cab lip as the cord is pulled around the glass and comes out of the rubber. be careful with the pressure from the outside because too much will crack the glass, especially when the glass gets started into the curved area.
watch the video below, maybe help you.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/how-...nd-rear-glass/

[lynx5653]

Just a thought if you have the deluxe trim for your windshield it has to go in gasket before you install glass, don't know if this will help with fitment

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by lynx5653

Just a thought if you have the deluxe trim for your windshield it has to go in gasket before you install glass, don't know if this will help with fitment

lynx5653 is correct. trim goes in before installing the windshield
i did the windshield on my 63 chevyII with the trim

[ironadict]

Originally Posted by mgchevyparts

Seriously doubt it's the glass. I bet it's the gasket. Did they send you Precision brand? Those are terrible.

Yeah I dry fitted the glass and it looks good. The gasket they sent me is gold star brand or something. Pretty cheap so I took everyone’s advice here and ordered a Steele rubber gasket. Unfortunately though that has my truck down for at least another week waiting on that.