<VV> "61 window chrome removal

[Frank DuVal]

The trim fits into the channel of the rubber, so it will NOT come out or 
be installed into the rubber while the windshield is installed in the 
car. At least not in usable form! ggg

Follow Tony's instructions.

Another lube for the rubber gasket is liquid soap.

Frank DuVal

Tony Underwood wrote:

>At 08:12 PM 6/11/2009, Michael Kovacs wrote:
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>>I'd like to remove the chrome trim from a '61 900 windshield. I have 
>>the assy book, but advice is necessary to see who has a method of 
>>taking the chrome off the rubber from someone who has done it.
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>Been there done that several different times with my own stuff and a 
>few more with other peoples' stuff.    And yes, I managed to break 
>one windshield along the way during my learning experience.
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>It's no fun.   If the rubber is hard, you may as well remove the 
>windshield because you're never gonna get the stainless trim out of 
>that gasket with the windshield in place without ruining either the 
>trim or the glass.     It's not actually all that hard to remove the 
>windshield with gasket on it from the car if you're careful... and 
>dedicated.   It helps if you have someone helping, to assist in 
>pushing the glass (with gasket still on it) out of the frame from 
>inside the car.
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>Do not try to remove the glass from the gasket first.   It will only 
>ruin the gasket if it's original (and hard) but still usable.    Do 
>not try to remove the stainless from the rubber in any event without 
>having the glass with gasket out of the car.
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>Others in here have removed glass with gasket and I'm sure they'll 
>chime in.   I've done it by CAREFULLY bracing my back in the seat and 
>putting my feet up against the glass (wearing tennis shoes) and 
>pushing... slowly... a bit at a time, carefully spacing feet so as to 
>apply pressure equally across the glass, with someone else in the 
>seat beside you doing the same thing.    It takes CARE and a gentle 
>touch, and prying up the lip of the gasket inside the car 
>helps.    The gasket lip inside the car is usually still soft enough 
>to bend sufficiently to allow the glass with gasket to come out, but 
>it's still a good idea to be very careful.   It won't hurt to grease 
>things up a tad with WD-40 or Black Magic to help that gasket slip 
>out of the window frame.
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>If the gasket is already trash and rock hard, cracked, brittle, and 
>for all intents and purposes useless, you may wanna replace the 
>gasket anyway and in such an event it's ok to cut the gasket away 
>from the windshield, which also allows you to wiggle the trim out IF 
>you're careful.
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>Watch it... the lip of the trim is "L'ed" into and under the gasket 
>up beneath the glass itself so if you try to pull it straight out 
>it's gonna hang at best, or kink and bend, or just snag on the glass 
>and crack it at worst.     Considering the scarcity of early 
>windshields these days, it may be worth taking no chances and 
>sacrificing the gasket...  which is available new from vendors and 
>it's cheaper that a replacement windshield.
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>If you replace the stainless trim even with a new gasket, put it all 
>together FIRST, trim in the gasket which is then installed on the 
>windshield, then install the lot into the car.    Don't try to 
>install the trim into a gasket on the car with a windshield in it 
>unless you wanna chance cracking the windshield...  or unless you're 
>DAMNED good at it.
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>This is my observation on the subject as gleaned by trial and error 
>over the years.    Others may well (with good reason) have better ideas.
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>tony..
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