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Date:         Mon, 16 May 2005 10:15:39 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Post chrome strip rubber cleaning Q
In-Reply-To:  <6da5793405051610147072aa85@mail.gmail.com>
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Frank G's "pushing out windows" experiment was pretty unscientific. Whether or not it seemed easier after he pulled the strip is a already a fairly subjective judgement on its own, and doesn't even address whether the difference was actually relevant. Without measuring equipment and controlled samples, it's hard to say whether a de-trimmed window is actually unsafe. How much force SHOULD it take to push out a window? The closest to an official word on the subject is from WCM, who makes replacement rubber, and says it's purely cosmetic and NOT a lock strip. This is not to say that removing it won't make it easier to push out a window and/or cause it to leak. Certainly this may affect both those things, but this isn't its PURPOSE. My '90 without the trim leaked at the windshield until I sealed it, so apparently this is a general design problem for ALL Vanagons, with some people's plastic inserts merely staving off the inevitable.

On 5/16/05, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > The archives has many entries ,some better than others, stating that > removel of the locking strip will seriously compromise the window > installation stregnth. An accident may cause the windshield to pop out > without this strip. One person actually went to a junk yard and > experimented by kicking out windshields.It was determined that removal of > the strip decreased stregnth by 50%.As for replacment of the strip, the > only way to do it,without destroying the new strip,is to remove the window > and install the strip ,and then replacing the window in the frame. Rub the > rubber gasket vasoline and the gasket will come back to > life.Partsexpress.com has a bottle of rubber conditioner that claims to do > the same. Vasoline works super for me.Just glob it on.New locking strips is > muy bueno also. >


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