It may seem counterintuitive, but gluing the new glass onto the old glass works just fine. You don't need to remove the old one.
BenT sent from my electronic leash > On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:06 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote: > > Thanks Ben. > > While you were writing your response, I did discover the release leaver, but once I had removed the mirror was a little disappointed with what I found. It seems there may not be an easy way to replace only the glass. > > What if I were to "finish" the delaminating and peel the rest of the glass from the backing stock and then glue the new glass to the backing? This would reduce the thickness of material with which the heating element has to contend (not that the Hyena ever gets driven in winter). |
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