I would like to paint my fiberglass top. I would like to remove the glass to do this. How should I remove the glass from the top? Can I still save the seal or would I need to get new seals?
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removing the glass from the fiberglass top
- Thread starter wazzabie
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pull the little rubber strip .
use soapy water and lube the glass by pulling up the rubber lip a little . get the soapy water mix in there.
next start in 1 corner real slow. push out real easy till it comes out and work the glass out. bbest to have 2nd pair of hands to hold the glass.
then when glass out pull the gasket.
reverse the order for install if the gasket looks good. so yep you can reuse if you want and its in good shape.
use soapy water and lube the glass by pulling up the rubber lip a little . get the soapy water mix in there.
next start in 1 corner real slow. push out real easy till it comes out and work the glass out. bbest to have 2nd pair of hands to hold the glass.
then when glass out pull the gasket.
reverse the order for install if the gasket looks good. so yep you can reuse if you want and its in good shape.
To re install it just get a small rope that will fit in the grove for the top. spray the gasket with wd 40, then set the bottom in, use the rope to pull the inner lip of the gasket in. then reinstall the lace on the outside.
pull the little rubber strip .
use soapy water and lube the glass by pulling up the rubber lip a little . get the soapy water mix in there.
next start in 1 corner real slow. push out real easy till it comes out and work the glass out. bbest to have 2nd pair of hands to hold the glass.
then when glass out pull the gasket.
reverse the order for install if the gasket looks good. so yep you can reuse if you want and its in good shape.
Do I pull the little rubber strip off? Or do I just bend it to get the glass out?
I found this video linked below. Do I remove the lock strip? Did all K5s come with a lock strip?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1ilXMfyo7c&feature=related
These instructions are from Metrodps four years ago...I have it saved for future reference.
Window seals 101
Here is how I did my window change as BK said it was easy to do. You will need two flat head screw drivers and spray bottle of soapy water. A very small flat head to reinstall lock rubber. *if you have a window install tool works best about $5.00 for it. Looks like a pick with a pigs tail end.
1.) looking at window from outside you will see a little metal clip in the middle of rubber at the bottom. Take a small screw driver and pop that out.
2.) You will now see a small gap between the inner rubber strip. Take one end of it and pull it out in a lifting manor (away from truck).
3.) Now you will need two flat head screw drivers. Start a few inches from the lower rear corner and insert one screw driver in under the lip of the metal frame. Next spray some soapy liquid on rubber and insert other screw driver and work it around to lift the frame/glass out of rubber. *works best going to top.
4.) Once you get the rear upper corner out it is a breeze. Keep going till you have most of the top out of rubber. At this point you can pull the frame/glass out.
5.) I took the seals out and cleaned them in warm water to get crude and old black goop off. I used a butter knife to get it clean (DO NOT LET YOUR WIFE SEE YOU DO THIS).
6.) After they were dry I put a thin bead of black RTV on the fiberglass lip and placed rubber onto it.
7.) I then placed the lip of the frame/glass in to the front corner of rubber and started to wards the rear. Using the screw driver to pop the outer lip out at the rear and worked on up and over to toward the front. *you will need the soapy liquid from time to time.
8.) Once you have it in you will take the thin rubber piece that you pulled in step 2. Start in the middle bottom and insert it into the gap in the rubber *I used a small flat head to push the upper edge down into channel. The best way to describe this motion is kind of like a wrist flick or reverse knock.
9.) Now if you did every thing right you should have a little extra locking rubber when you get to bottom *(stretches when you pull it). Cut this as close to the other end as you can (about 1/4 inch).
10.) Now you will replace the metal clip pull both ends out just so you can slide them into the clip. Now press it into the grove.
Window seals 101
Here is how I did my window change as BK said it was easy to do. You will need two flat head screw drivers and spray bottle of soapy water. A very small flat head to reinstall lock rubber. *if you have a window install tool works best about $5.00 for it. Looks like a pick with a pigs tail end.
1.) looking at window from outside you will see a little metal clip in the middle of rubber at the bottom. Take a small screw driver and pop that out.
2.) You will now see a small gap between the inner rubber strip. Take one end of it and pull it out in a lifting manor (away from truck).
3.) Now you will need two flat head screw drivers. Start a few inches from the lower rear corner and insert one screw driver in under the lip of the metal frame. Next spray some soapy liquid on rubber and insert other screw driver and work it around to lift the frame/glass out of rubber. *works best going to top.
4.) Once you get the rear upper corner out it is a breeze. Keep going till you have most of the top out of rubber. At this point you can pull the frame/glass out.
5.) I took the seals out and cleaned them in warm water to get crude and old black goop off. I used a butter knife to get it clean (DO NOT LET YOUR WIFE SEE YOU DO THIS).
6.) After they were dry I put a thin bead of black RTV on the fiberglass lip and placed rubber onto it.
7.) I then placed the lip of the frame/glass in to the front corner of rubber and started to wards the rear. Using the screw driver to pop the outer lip out at the rear and worked on up and over to toward the front. *you will need the soapy liquid from time to time.
8.) Once you have it in you will take the thin rubber piece that you pulled in step 2. Start in the middle bottom and insert it into the gap in the rubber *I used a small flat head to push the upper edge down into channel. The best way to describe this motion is kind of like a wrist flick or reverse knock.
9.) Now if you did every thing right you should have a little extra locking rubber when you get to bottom *(stretches when you pull it). Cut this as close to the other end as you can (about 1/4 inch).
10.) Now you will replace the metal clip pull both ends out just so you can slide them into the clip. Now press it into the grove.
a rock works well
don't even waste your time trying this without a lock tool... makes putting the lockstrip in a breeze....
http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-47000-Windshield-Locking-Strip/dp/B000COA1CQ
http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-47000-Windshield-Locking-Strip/dp/B000COA1CQ
i have that tool and a plastic tool/spoon for install. i can do the lock strip install per window in 2-3 min start to finish.
big trick is dont strech the lock strip on install. if you have to cut more than a inch you have it to tight. need to pull it and redo. little soapy water in the channel and hold the lock strip loose to kind of gide it in and go.
big trick is dont strech the lock strip on install. if you have to cut more than a inch you have it to tight. need to pull it and redo. little soapy water in the channel and hold the lock strip loose to kind of gide it in and go.
I musta down a 1000 of the locking strips back when i was resto-ing mixers, etc... all the Macks had em... and yup, care needs to be taken not to stretch it too much, cuz ya cut it, then a day later the things like 3" shorter! 
