Removing windshield glass

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Removing windshield glass

Post by scrawford » Mon Dec 06, 2021 10:59 pm

How does one remove windshield glass to replace with laminated—without breaking it? I have a ‘25 pickup.

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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by TMiller6 » Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:58 am

After removing the retainers, I C-clamp two long pieces of pine near the edge of the glass. Then I tap the edges of the wood, alternating ends until the glass slides out.
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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:29 pm

scrawford wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 10:59 pm
—without breaking it?
Now you've taken the fun out of it :(

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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by TMiller6 » Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:34 pm

Yes, without breaking it.

Use light taps and watch for the slight movement and then do the same to the opposite side.
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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by Oldav8tor » Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:40 pm

Took it to a auto glass shop. :D
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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by CudaMan » Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:28 pm

Wear heavy leather gloves and a heavy jacket!

One of my brothers was helping my mom replace a cracked window pane in her kitchen. The glass slipped and sliced the wrist of his right (dominant) hand deeply. He was rushed to the hospital where they did microsurgery to reconnect the nerves, then stitched up the wound. His hand has never been the same, he had been a mechanic and eventually had to go on disability because he lost all feeling in that hand and couldn't turn wrenches or even grip much with it any more. :(
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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by Mark Osterman » Tue Dec 07, 2021 6:45 pm

A bathroom “snap hook” suction cup affixed to the glass makes it easier to pull out of the channel.


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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:37 pm

Oldav8tor wrote:
Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:40 pm
Took it to a auto glass shop. :D
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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by Allan » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:00 pm

The auto glass shop is the best answer on two counts. Give them the job of getting the old glass out, and fitting the new laminated glass too. If that breaks/cracks, they get to fix it.

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Re: Removing windshield glass

Post by scrawford » Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:45 pm

Thanks for the tips! Stan

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