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pgtips
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 Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 12:20 pm Post subject: Help : fit glass to frame seal front 1971 super convertible |
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Hi,
struggling with this one. Re-fitting the front glass to frame seal on my convertible 1971 super.
Rears went in a treat, slipped together and all good. Fronts are being an absolute pig.
On paper its a simple enough job. Attach seal to glass, slip into frame (using petroleum aka Vaseline) but its too tight and it won't slip into place. Difficult to get apart, harder to reassemble.
anyone else had this, any suggestions, tomorrow I'm going to try WD40 it, maybe that will be more slippery, as a last resort I'll try to open up the inner frame channel and then tap it back but I don't think that's the right way to go.
Many thanks in advance
PG
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wcfvw69 
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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I used a product called spray silicone. It's oily and VERY slippery as well. I agree that that can be a bit of a nightmare to get in.
Some people make wood jigs and place the frame in it and then make a press to push the glass and seal in the frame. There's pictures in the gallery of some of the homemade jigs.
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Dwayne1m
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I would not touch the inner frame channel. Is it the same windshield? Is it the correct seal? I always had luck using a non grit hand soap as a lubricant. Is the string you are using to thick that it is making the seal even tighter? |
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pgtips
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Dwayne1m
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| Ok. Misunderstood what you were saying. I have the opposite problem. I can't get my glass to stay in the frame. |
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