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Topic: Windshield gasket? (Read 251 times)
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mopowers
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Can a windshield gasket be reused? I have a cracked windshield that I need to take out. Is there an easy way to take it out without destroying the gasket? THANKS
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west
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I would'nt cheap out on a $100 part,even if it could be saved you would spend more time than it's worth trying to pull it out carefully and cleaning it.
It's too hard to go back and fix if it goes wrong.
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mopowers
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Thats what I was thinking. Thanks bud.
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doug 371
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those gaskets are very strong. i sandblast them and they look like new and are nice and flexible again. done it many times and would never buy new. doug
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Evan
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sandblast the gasket? thats interesting. how do you get it off the windshield? i will give it a try
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mopowers
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Has anyone else successfully reused a windshield gasket? How did you get the widshield out without damaging the gasket?
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nightrider
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BUMP BUMP BUMP!!!! I would love to know about this, the one in mine looks mint now, but I would like to remove it while i am at the bodywork....
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SIKPUP
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If your glass is good cut the gasket, If the glass is broken or cracked and will be replaced, Thats where you learn how to get the gasket off and re use it. SIKPUP  |
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mopowers
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See, thats what I've got. I have a windshield that has a crack in it. Plus I need to take it out to take the dash out. I just didn't want bust up the windshield just to save the gasket. If that's the case, I'll just cut the gasket and buy a new one and avoid cleaing up all the shattered glass.
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west
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you could cover both sides of the glass with tape,but i would still get a new one.
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SIKPUP
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The windshield won't shatter, it will just keep cracken....but if you undo the outside of the gasket at the seem , lube it up ,push from the inside and work the glass out,using a plastic stick or wooden paint stick around the gasket you will see how it works ,without breaking a new windshield. Now is when you learn, SIKPUP |
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nightrider
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Im stunned here, but i have a good windshield in the car and a spare one just in case... I want to save both the gasket and the windshield but would like to put the other one in as the one in the car now is starting to get milky on the edges....
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caper
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Get someone that knows what they are doing. My body man took my both windshields out front / back. Did not break the glass or damage the gasket . Did not take very long.
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