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[stu]

any one know how to remove them from the minibus .???

[Road Hog]

Hi Stu,best plan there would be to shoot a PM to bobbinsjob ( Ian ) he did 10 years as a windscreen fitter

[bobbinsjob]

is it the sliding unit? If so, remove the felt weather strip and then slide the opening unit back and remove the felt in there aswell. You will now see the rivets that hold the frame to the body. drill the head of the rivet off and carefully (remember the Haynes translation for carefully lol) pull the frame away from the body. fitting is the reverse but you will need a thin extension for the rivet gun as the normal head is to fat to get into the channels.

If the glass you are talking about is the fixed, single pane, then it should be fitted into claytonrite rubber which is a "H" section glazing rubber fith a filler strip. simply remove the filler strip by hooking a dibber (ground smooth flat blade screwdriver) into the join. Then run the dibber inbetween the glass and the rubber to break the seal of crud and sealant that has built up over the years. To remove the glass from the rubber there are 2 methods.

1) using a 50kg APAL lifter (glass sucker) fit it to the outside of the glass and pull on it at the same time as you run the dibber between glass and rubber. remember, the glass is toughened glass and is weaker at the edges and may shatter.

2) get someone to push on the glass from the inside while you run the dibber between glass and rubber

in both cases, work fron a top corner, get the top free of the rubber then the sides then lift the glass up and clear of the rubber.

The only other way is to cut the rubber with a stanley knife and fit new rubbers when re-fitting the glass but it is expensive and usually leaks

[stu]

thanx ian , its the sliding windows i wanna take out so i can tint them .

[Road Hog]

He knows,you know

[stu]

yes bernie , he does you were right .

[bobbinsjob]

for the extension to the rivet gun, i used to just get extra long rivets and slide a couple of m6 nuts over them before loading into the gun

[stu]

good idea mate , its a lot of extra work . i think i will just leave the windows in place
then tint them and not open the windows. thanx for the advise .

[bobbinsjob]

wise choice mate. I was fitting them for nearly 12 years and hated doing them, and i didnt have to worry about damaging them on the way out. Probably looking at 3 hours work to remove and refit then buy a new one then scrap the bus cos the glass is worth more

[stu]