need rubber help fast

splitpile · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:39 am Post subject:

If anybody takes the time to look at a German seal and an aftermarket there is a bug difference in how they are molded. The German seals have 3 ribs on the inside of the inner lip to help seal, whereas the aftermarket, incliding the OE Brazilian ones don't have the 3 sealing ribs. I will never state that an aftermarket seal won't leak but I WILL state that a German seal on a good sealing surface will not leak. This has been proven many times over by people that have used them here in the U S and also in Europe(where it does rain quite often.
Come by and see me at OCTO and I will show you the difference. I should have WCM, WW, Brazilian and German windshield seals with me
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60freak · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:26 am Post subject:

Slight hi-jack, sorry---Splitpile, will you have any split bus front door window rubber "rebuild" kits at the classic? I need to re-seal the front doors' window rubber/felts/seals, the whole she-bang, including the windshield seals & rear hatch....basically the entire bus.

EvilBus · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:37 am Post subject:

Major Woody · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject:

Just use some tar on that. Cleans up with WD-40!

eddiemoney · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:56 am Post subject:

ok today i got my seals for the local shop that is a wcm distributer. i was thinking of using a combination of the rubber sealent compound that
j(dot)pickens mentioned and the sealent that evilbus mentioned in conjunction. now about this tar does it dry. i know this maybe a stupid question but id havent recived a real answer and no one has mentioned it yet. so does tar dry up and crack or does it stay in its tar state forever?

another thing is, do i really have to razor blade the old seals to get them off and the windows out and when i put them back in does the string technique that the auto glass guys use, does that work on bus front seals?

thanks
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EvilBus · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:17 am Post subject:

just cut them out. Roofing Mastic does harden as does roofing tar. Real tar, like used on roads and on old ships, must be heated until it boils to apply it properly.

I think the recommendations were based upon roofing mastic and the tube stuff, which is also a mastic.
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Eric&Barb · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:16 am Post subject:

Hi vw-in-neptune,
Tar does dry where exposed to the air, but under the seal it stays between wet and rock hard dry. At least that is our finding when replacing one window after six years.
You can just put your feet against the glass and shove, this will save the nasty old rotten seals and ruin the glass though!
We tried string and it acted more like a saw blade against the soft rubber cutting it. Look in the Volkswagen Workshop Manual for installing winddows.
If you need to get a Volkswagen Workshop Manual for your year and type of VW. Go to: http://www.clubvw.corvallis.or.us/wetwesties/books.html
and then near the top of that webpage click on "For ANY Book not listed here, go directly to Amazon.com, and still benefit our VW club!". Going this way helps support a VW camping group.
When you get to Amazon.com, do a search for "Volkswagen Workshop Manual" The ones you want to look at are paperback with dark blue covers and white lettering on them.
Yes, at first glance they are expensive, but they are up to 800 pages of images and info!!! So about five times the info of other manuals.
Eric&Barb


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