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| | | | Joined: Jul 2022 Posts: 7 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2022 Posts: 7 | Is there any trick or helpfully advice to get rubber into the yrack
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,078 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,078 | Are you going by the instructions in the Service Manual? It says "Brush a rubber lubricant, NO.3692455, in the grooves of the weatherstrip retainers and on the matching portion of the weatherstrip."
I think you could use some liquid dish soap to lube the rubber.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,291 Moderator for Tons o' Fun , Co-Moderator Driveline Forum | | Moderator for Tons o' Fun , Co-Moderator Driveline Forum Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,291 | Well, not to encourage laughter, KY Jelly works well and dissipates quickly. That and a dull screwdriver worked very well when I installed new windlace. Also if not already done, inspect the retainers (tracks?) all the way around and make sure its not pinched shut . I cut a small length or the windlace ( roughly 1 - 1/2 " long ) and tested the retainer / track by making sure that test piece would slide all the way around the track freely. It was necessary to tweak the track in a few areas to enable the test pieced to slide freely. Once that was done I then brushed the lubricant into the track ahead of the windlace as I pushed it through the track ( retainer). It takes a bit of patience but its manageable.
Ron - - Dusty53 1954 Chevy 3604In the Gallery Forum "You can't dance with the Devil and then wonder why you're still in Hell."
"They will forget what you've said, and they will forget what you have done but they will never forget the way you made them feel." | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,282 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,282 | If you are replacing the original windlace, you will need to undue all of the crimps which were put into the channels on the assembly line.
I cut off a 3/4" piece off of the replacement windlace and run it through the entire length of the channels to find the crimps and pry them out with a screwdriver.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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