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| | | | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 134 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 134 | What’s the best way to install the windlace rubber in the channel. What’s the best rubber mfg to use ? 1953 3100
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 134 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 134 | | | | | | Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 388 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 388 | I placed the rear groove of the rubber in the channel and then used a plastic trim tool and pushed in the front edge as I worked my way around. Windex helped. Took about 2 hours for the first one, then I got my technique down and cut an hour off that for the second one. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 | I put mine in hot soap water to loosen it up, then did the same with a plastic tool. A couple things that helped. If you use a paint can opener you can open the channel up in places it’s tight and use a squirt bottle with soap water to spray on rubber to help lube it up.
Chris | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 | I seem to remember only taking 15-20 minutes per side. Maybe 30 minutes tops. Open up any pinched areas, wire brush the track, lube the rubber with dish soap, slide in one side, slide in the other side, then push and tuck the top area. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 | Mnsmith,
You are the man if you did it that fast. I spent that much time yelling cuss words!
Chris | | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 223 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 223 | Chris...did you use the same words I did?!!! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 | My kids were at the neighbors and it was probably the most colorful words I have used in 26 years in the military! I’m sure we used the same ones and I might have invented a few.
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