Winshield seal instal

[youngbug74]

When I purchased my bout a year ago it came with the windshield seal but it appears to be much bigger than the actual Windshield. Also where the seal splits to form around the window does the thicker part go on the outside or inside?

[Air-Cooled Head]

First question: Do you have the correct seal?
More info needed.
What year car? Standard/Super?
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[Goldbug3318]

[youngbug74]

I got the right seal and I have it around the window, I can't get it back into my bug. I tried the wire trick many times I lubricated the seal but I still can't get it to seat into my bug

[beetlenut]

[runamoc]

[Cali_Army_Guy]

You could always be lazy like me and just have a glass shop do it. It's pretty cheap if you already have the glass and the seal. Let them fight with it while you kick back with a cold beverage.
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[air-h2o-air]

if the bug you are working on is the 1 in your avatar......you may need to remove the ladder looking metal clipped onto the inside lip of body. Many of the replacement rubbers do not have the proper width groove in rubber to stretch over that ladder.

the ladder was factory installed and claimed to help stop windshields from popping out in an accident

[FeelthySanchez]

Have had great luck w/ 18-20ft of strong, small dia nylon cord & very watery liquid dish soap. Never tried wire ......
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[JeffRens]

I had a windshield installation nightmare... This is what I learned.....

Victory! Went in like butter. What I learned... hopefully will help others. I used dish soap, and plenty of it. I used a thicker weed eater line in the seal. Some of the tips I got....
1. Wrap the line around twice (this was per JBugs customer service). If one pulls out (which it did for me).. there's a backup.
2. THIS WAS HUGE. Use the ratchet strap and towels like the picture shows. It keeps a nice even pressure and doesn't allow the glass to shift
3. Do use a second person.. even though this might be possible with one if you use the towels and the ratchet strap.They can add a little extra pressure where needed.
4. Aftermarket glass is about 2mm thicker than the original, (probably the new DOT standard), but did not affect anything with my WCM seal. I think that might have been the problem with the JBugs seal. The JBugs seal was a little thicker and stiffer than the WCM seal. With the thicker glass the JBugs seal would not compress enough and caused my problems. It think it would have been fine with OE glass. It actually y seemed to be better quality than the WCM seal, but it didn't work for me. As a passing note, JBugs customer service was very helpful and is refunding me for their seal.

Thank you to the group for the advice. This job was a bitch and shouldn't have been if I would have done theses things in the first of my 3 attempts. A special thanks The Ladybug who sent an accurate template to me that I could've used to have a glass cut again, which I didn't because I just ended up buying a glass from ISP West. It was invaluable to size up things to make sure everything made sense. If anybody needs this template, you're welcome to it.

[grandpa pete]

HEY ! that 's my idea !!!

Windshield installation : ALONE
Let me explain what you are looking at ;
First ; orange weed wacker line in the groove around the window ; and then taped to the inside of the window ; weed wacker line doesn't catch on metal like cloth line .
Second ; Pink string used to keep rubber on the windshield ; cut and pull out before you pull weed wacker line .
Third ; small amount of lubricant on the metal edge where the rubber seal fits
Fourth ; red wrachet strap holds windshield in place ; towels spread force eavenly across windshield . a second wrachet strap can be used across the bottom while you are starting to pull the weed wacker line out .
Fifth ; pull the weed wacker out across the bottom of the windshield and HALF WAY up each side .

READ STEP SIX CAREFULLY : THIS IS WHERE MOST WINDOWS GET CRACKED !!

Sixth ; at this point the glass is in the rubber and the rubber is on the lower edge BUT : the glass IS NOT all the way down in the frame . CAREFULLY get a rubber mallet and hit the top edge of the glass and knock it down onto the lower metal edge .
Seventh ; working from the end pull the weed wacker line up the side and across 1/2 the top as you guide the windshield into place then repeat on the other side .
Eighth ;

Disclaimer ; all glass work should be done by professionals in a professional setting professionally

Originally posted Aug 2014 in the build thread below
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[JeffRens]

No it's not... you only used 2 towels!!! Like my post said, it was a compilation of all of the good ideas I had researched, yours certainly being one of them. Thanks... Jeff