Anyone ever change a windsheild?

[spurious_jim]

I just picked an '86 extended cab (cheap $200) and the windsheild needs to be changed. I have one in the shop with no cracks ready to be installed. Is this hard? Has anyone had trouble doing this?

Or should I just take it to a shop and have them put a new one in ($172)

:help:

[bbagwell]

It is $172 for the labor to put it in? That sounds high to me. I would shop around. I have never tried to put one in, personally I would try to find someplace cheaper to do it.

[mallkrawler]

I payed 185 for a new windshield, rubber, and install a year ago.

If you want to do it yourself. Make sure you buy a new rubber. I usually have problems with re-used ones leaking.

Take a hairdryer and get the rubber nice and warm. (This makes the rubber more pliable and easier to work with). Put the rubber on the windshield. Find a fairly strong piece of string long enough to wrap around the edge of the windshield with about 2 feet extra. Lube up the string with dish soap. And poke it inside the rubber where it seals against the truck. leave about 1 foot on each end sticking out.( The two ends of the string should be right next to each other. With the rest of it tucked inside the window rubber. Do this so the ends meet close to the middle of the windshield on the bottom side.) Now, squirt dish soap in the groove where the string is. With the help of a friend, Have one of you outside pushing on the windshield where the ends of the string are. Grab both ends and pull on one. When you pull on the string, it rolls the inside of the rubber over the lip on the window channel. Keep pulling until the string has gone around the window. With your friend following you gently pushing on the outside.

I've done this to quite a few vehicles. And find it easier to do on a flat windshield. I can do a VW window in about 5 mins. this way. Never done it to a Toyota though.

[spurious_jim]

Yes it's $172 for everything (new glass). On the Toyotas it looks like the glass is just layed on top of a flat rubber seal with some kinda silicon? The rear window looks like it has a both inside and outside seal, but not the front?

This shop says they can't warrent the work if they use my glass. Maybe I'll shop around some more.

Thanks all...

Spurious_Jim :redspotda

[wrnchplr]

mallkrawler i think you are thinking of a rear glass or the windshield of a early 80's
on a 86 yoda there is a silicon like glue you can get it at a autobody suppy or some part stores carry it
don't have the shop put your old one it they did that to my sister inlaw and broke the
glass so she had to get a new one anyways. the are not hard to replace but a PITA to get the
old one out.

[Ghetto]

I watched the guy take mine out. He had a shakey saw with an attachment on the end that looked like a 3" wide putty knife. That way when it went in and out it was like a really flat chisel that cut the sealent. He sprayed that foaming glass cleaner all the way around the edge and then ran that tool around the edge of the window on the inside. It took him maybe 5 minute to get it out.
That probably doesn't help much but, it was prett cool to see.

[spurious_jim]

Thanks Ghetto...I have heard of people using piano wire and two sticks of wood wrapped around each end. Wire is feed thruogh the window edge and then wrapped around a stick, one guy on each side of the glass and they pull the wire around the edge to cut the sealent. Thanks for the info...

spurious