Posted: 1/24/2016 9:21:55 PM EDT
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Quoted: First you get a big hammer... ETA... It's been way too many years since I've worked with window trim. Like 1970's... I Googleated it and looked at YouTube but I just seem to get results for old classic cars with full chrome window trim. I figured Rule 87 of the Internet would apply here: If it exists, someone on ARFCOM is an expert on the subject. -p. |
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Quoted: I Googleated it and looked at YouTube but I just seem to get results for old classic cars with full chrome window trim. I figured Rule 87 of the Internet would apply here: If it exists, someone on ARFCOM is an expert on the subject. -p. Quoted: Quoted: First you get a big hammer... ETA... It's been way too many years since I've worked with window trim. Like 1970's... I Googleated it and looked at YouTube but I just seem to get results for old classic cars with full chrome window trim. I figured Rule 87 of the Internet would apply here: If it exists, someone on ARFCOM is an expert on the subject. -p. |
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Closest I could find... Seems the chrome trim is embedded into the gasket to lock it in
youboobies |
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Quoted: Closest I could find... Seems the chrome trim is embedded into the gasket to lock it in youboobies I saw that one, but thanks anyway. The molding they installed didn't have the chrome insert. -p. |
| Yes you can pull it out. I was an auto glass mechanic for about 9 years in the past. It's very easy to do on that WS. There is a chrome clip at the bottom center that you can pull up with a hook tool or small pick. Once it's removed you can use the same tool to pull out the spline. It should pull up all the way around. The spline might be cracked and brittle so it may break apart in some places. just continue pulling it out. The spline acts as a locking mechanism for the gasket and ws. DO NOT apply any pressure to the glass at all, DO NOT use a metal tool against the glass at all. I used a special tool to work the new spline into place starting at the bottom center. I used glass cleaned as a lubricant for working in the new spline. You could use a hook tool to work it in, placing an edge into the bottom groove then working the top edge of the spline into place. You must be careful not to slip and hit the glass. All that being said I'm sure a glass company wouldn't charge much to replace this for you. These moldings come in chrome and black. |
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Those work better on the rubber spine that can be fed through the tool. They will work well for spreading the seam apart though. I use a Snap-On cotter pin hook tool, with the sharp point dulled down a little. Use aerosol glass cleaner that foams up for a lubricant, just spray it down in the seam and it makes things slide a little better. Just try to keep the metal parts off of the glass parts and take your time. |
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Quoted: get you one of these at your local auto parts store for under $10 http://www.crlawrence.com/productimages/K/KD2038_14101.gif then watch a you tube video on how to remove windshield molding and BE CAREFUL, the little clips get very brittle with age |