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I have tried over and over to install the locking strips on the rear windows of my 49 5 window. I bought the installation tool from jim carter. I just can't figure out how to use it. Any Help would be appreciated. Terry

First you have to use alot of dish soap I mix some in a plastic cup about 1/3 soap to water and I use a paint brush about 1 inch wide to keep the rubber wet.

Than take the rubber locking strip and slide it into the tool,handle should be at the short end of the strip so you can push down and push thru the rubber at the same time, make sure it's the right side out,wet down the bottom of the window rubber, push the tool down into the rubber and turn it up and down untill the lip of the rubber comes over the tool and the locking strip. if you're right handed push the tool to the right with you're left hand,and at the same time push the locking strip into the tool and the rubber with you're right hand ,and keep it wet,I had my wife do the brushing as I went along it's not easy but once you get it started it goes better.My Wife also keep the long end of the locking strip feeding it into my right hand.

Pete

Got a couple of dried out window rubbers that I need to replace in the near future Peter, gonna have to get you over for that exercise. Treat you to a burger afterward.
Thanks for the description
DG

Check out page 2 post 23 for some pic's of an install

http://talk.classicparts.com/showthread.php?t=9530&page=2

I also used window cleaner as a lubricant when I installed my windshield.

Good luck

I agree with everything Pete said except I'm left handed and it seemed easier for me to push the tool to the right with my left hand while feeding the locking strip in with my right hand. So if you're right handed I'd try the opposite direction, but do whatever feels right for you. I used a spritzer bottle with the dish soap, keep it wet! I managed to do it by myself while my wife was out shopping - what else is new? It's a learned art, it took several tries before I got the first rear quarter window done. If the tool slips out, (no comments please) I found it best just to pull out the strip and start over, I was never successful trying to continue on from that point. I thought the rear window was the easiest because the surface is pretty flat. The quarters are harder because of the compound curves, you have to continually watch the angle of the tool in relation to the surface.

In the tip section there is a post suggesting to use a paint can opener, so that's what I used (after throwing the bead tool across the garage several times out of frustration). The paint can opener worked like magic. I think I was about 20 minutes on each of the corner windows and slightly longer on the back. Plenty of soap and no help from my wife. (I did use her help to put the glass in). The paint can opener was free at the local home improvement center.

Thank you very much, I can't get the tool to work either. I will try your suggestion.