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AngieB
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 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:33 pm Post subject: window trim 74 Convertible |
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Hello
i have installed new door window trim on Charlotte. now the windows will NOT roll up or down without chingering up the new rubber.
Do I trim it? am i supposed to trim it?
something is missing here.
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Starbucket
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: window trim 74 Convertible |
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| If you are talking about the scraper try rubbing some Graphite into a rag and rubbing the inside of the scraper with it. Buy graphite power at Walmart key section a few bucks, squirt some in your locks while you are at it they will love you. |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: window trim 74 Convertible |
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| AngieB wrote: |
Hello
i have installed new door window trim on Charlotte. now the windows will NOT roll up or down without chingering up the new rubber. |
I have no idea what you're talking about. But if the new rubber is "grabbing" onto the glass and coming out of the groove, then dust the rubber with talcum powder/baby powder. I encountered this about 20 years ago when I re-rubbered my '71 convertible. Powder starch might work too.
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BUGGED11111
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Location: Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: window trim 74 Convertible |
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Not unusual for the new rubber to be grabby. Make sure the window and the rubber is clean. Sometimes they put "stuff" on new rubber that makes it's grab. I usually just put a little spray silicone on a rag and work it into the seal.
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Dwayne1m
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