Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:05:49 -0800
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: replacing window glass seals
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I've used talcum powder and soap over the years, but the last time I replaced my rear hatch window seal I could not get it to go in far enough at the last corner even with two people pushing on it.
Finally used silicone spray. Worked like a charm!
Also used my 40 year old 1/4" cotton rope which was originally soaked in oil, but maybe you can't buy cotton rope anymore!
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of J Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:51 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: replacing window glass seals
Check around, maybe on The Samba, or maybe someone else here will chime in. Someone did suggest using parachute cord, I was using just plain nylon rope, which is what I'd always used on the others. I've tried using both soapy water and talcum powder, the powder being the messiest of the two. Hell, maybe I put on an '84 or earlier door, which has a bigger window opening! That was the reason for replacing the glass/seal, I had a very dented sliding door that I replaced with one from a junkyard. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:28 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > I consider myself fairly experienced at replacing VW glass, I've
> > done it on a Splitty, many Bays, a Super Beetle, and a few Vanagons.
> > The WORST experience of all of the was last spring trying to replace
> > the seal o n my sliding door window. The first seal shredded during
> > installation.
> > (Cord and
> > soapy water method) I had bought the seal from Go Westy! and they
> > sent me another one. I managed to get it installed, but not without
> > it ripping in a couple of spots. As time goes on it is starting to
> > tear even more, to to the point that someday the window is probably
> > going to blow out of the door at highway speeds from the pressure.
> > Not looking forward to replacing it again. Jeff Stewart -----
> > Original Message -----
> >
> Yikes! Any suggestions?? I was thinking that the sliding door window
> was going to be the easier of the two.
> Brett in Portland, OR
> "Albert" '82 VanaFox I4 Riviera
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