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I posted this in another thread, but since it seems to be an ongoing discussion/issue I decided to post it in it's own topic to make it easier to find with a search:
1. weatherstripping is installed on glass. Note glass is larger than opening in body. Temp install rope is tucked into flange channel in weatherstripping, ends overlapping and extending out at top. Tying handles to rope ends may make install easier.
2. Windshield is installed from outside. Glass and weatherstripping is pressed against body opening flange from outside. Rope is slowly pulled and slid around body flange on inside to lift inner portion of weatherstripping over flange.
3. Installation is complete!
Note: rear glass is installed in similar manner except weatherstrip is reversed and glass is installed from inside cab.
AX, I wish I was able to give you even more reps but I have already done so recently. Gotta wait till the reset happens.
Good stuff here, it will help many members for a long time if they do a search.
Tom
I found that it helps, at least to some degree to spray silicon on the inside rubber that is being pulled in by the rope.
SB2, It's is most likely that silicon lube spray will help make it easier to install the rubber, but I do not even allow a can of the stuff in my shop. Just the aerosolized fumes can settle invisibly, waiting like a time bomb to destroy an expensive paint job. Definitely don't use it around your truck unless all painting is completely done.
Ax, any add on tips for the windshield trim, i.e. steps to take?
The only windshield trim I'm familiar with was a narrow chrome strip that ran around the windshield on the F100 custom cab model. That trim fits into a groove in the outside face of the special custom cab weatherstripping rubber. The trim is installed into the rubber after the glass, but before installing the entire assembly into the opening. The compression of the rubber will tightly hold the trim in place.
AX, I wish I was able to give you even more reps but I have already done so recently. Gotta wait till the reset happens.
Good stuff here, it will help many members for a long time if they do a search.
Tom
AX, thanks for posting this. I'll probably be attempting to put in both the front and rear glass in the next couple of weeks. I've read about using the rope to lift the weatherstrip over the flange but it was hard to visualize. The graphic really helps me understand what I'm trying to accomplish.
Besides the rope trick and soapy water, we also used two suction cup pullers on the inside to help seat it in the frame while pulling the rope and applying pressure from outside. The windshield tool that looks like a screwdriver with a ball on the end is helpful for stubborn places as you go.
Dan, great write-up and pictures, I must have missed your post back then. It is a real shame that it is near impossible to get posts like yours into a sticky. It would save a LOT of repetitive typing/posts. Someone puts so much time into article, tutorials, and tech posts helping others only to have them quickly disappear into cyber purgatory.
