Installing glass into windshield frame

[crawln68]

Do you guys use any type of windshield adhesive when you install your glass into the rubber and frame? Or does the rubber seal against the glass and frame good enough? TIA.

 

[JWMcCrary]

Mine was replaced a few weeks ago. They didn't use any sealer. I did buy a new windshield rubber. They had a hard time with those chrome pieces.

 

[Delta4WheelDrive]

Patrick, you can go wither way. Since you are using a new seal it might not leak. However, you know as well as I do that water will find a way. Go to a glass shop and buy a tube of the sealant they use (10-20$$$). Use this in between the seal and the frame as well as the seal and the glass. A single bead will work fine...This sealant must be heated to use. Soak it in hot water for a while...cheers...

 

[coachbarnes]

Do you guys use any type of windshield adhesive when you install your glass into the rubber and frame? Or does the rubber seal against the glass and frame good enough? TIA.

You shouldn't need any sealant - but if it does happen to leak(usually because the lip on the frame is bent a little, you can use either a butyl or silicone based. You'll want to just use it between the body and the rubbler. The butyl is what a "real glass guy" would use, and is very messy..Honestly, I've set over a thousand windshields (that's how I worked my way through college) and never heated butyl -- Urathane, yes..but I wouldn't use Urathane on a rubber set windshield. Cut the tip off the tube at a 45 - pretty small -- you don't want to use much. Force the tip down between the body and the rubber and run a quick bead all the way around..the bottom will be a little tough. If you use too much, it will squeeze out of the rubber and cause a mess.

As far as the chrome, that's a real beast. The trick is to put the chrome in the rubber first -- using loops of masking tape to hold it in place --- then put the glass in the rubber and then set the windshield in the frame. It's a real PITA! Old Ford Trucks were like that as well..and the crazy sharp/pointed corners don't help much!

 

[broncomanbrad]

Another one for not using any sealant. The guy put mine in for $100 CDN (like $80 US) that was with the glass and labor. Some of the big companies with quoting me $400. It was quite ridiculous for straight glass.

 

[texashcane]

I had a local auto glass shop do it for under $100 - parts and labor.

 

[Flash69]

Me and my son did his a while back and we didnt use nothing. It went in good and there are no problems with it.

 

[Pa PITT]

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My running buddie and I put 2 in we used gojo to help slick it up enough to
get it to slide in an about a 1/4 in nylon rope to pull it into place. A few differentsize screwdrivers just keep them off the glass ...when your finished the gojo will help you clean up ...his leaked mine didnt ...I let mine set for several weeks before driving due to other work.....
.................PaPitt................................

 

[coachbarnes]

My running buddie and I put 2 in we used gojo to help slick it up enough to
get it to slide in an about a 1/4 in nylon rope to pull it into place. A few differentsize screwdrivers just keep them off the glass ...when your finished the gojo will help you clean up ...his leaked mine didnt ...I let mine set for several weeks before driving due to other work.....
.................PaPitt................................

Lot's of guys use a rope -- that's a good proven way..I never really found a need for it, but I've seen it work real well. A tool that really helps is a "cotter key tool"..I always just called it a "hook" tool. Grind the point on it some, or you will tear the rubber with it..then you can use it to work the rubber over the lip. Works great. Spray Silicone works real good as a lubricant -- I've never tried gojo, but sounds like a good idea.

 

[Flash69]

Lot's of guys use a rope -- that's a good proven way..I never really found a need for it, but I've seen it work real well. A tool that really helps is a "cotter key tool"..I always just called it a "hook" tool. Grind the point on it some, or you will tear the rubber with it..then you can use it to work the rubber over the lip. Works great. Spray Silicone works real good as a lubricant -- I've never tried gojo, but sounds like a good idea.

I did use spray silicone where the rope goes but i didnt use nothing where the glass fit in the rubber. I just used the silicone to make the rope slide thru the rubber better.