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I am getting ready to make my second attempt to install my new rear window glass and gasket on my 52 Chev 3800. I tore the gasket on my first attempt. The new gasket is from Steele so I understand they are a good quality gasket.
I have read several posts/items pertaining to installing this window. One post stated that the window was never meant to be installed using the rope method and was to be installed using plastic tools to move the gasket over the pinch weld, and others showed the rope being pulled from inside the cab and another from the outside of the cab in the truck bed. When I tore the first gasket is was using liquid soap for lubricant and pulling the rope from the outside in the truck bed.
Would appreciate advice from some who have successfully installed this window and which method is correct. Thanks
Jim

I just did mine on my 46. I had Steele rubber. I used a sealant between the steel and the rubber. I put the rubber in the sun and let it warm up. Then fit it tightly over the flange. You cut the rubber so it is slightly compressed on the end. Take some supper glue and glue the two ends together. I bought some nylon pry bars from Harbor freight. Now you need two people. I used some dish soap and set the glass in the rubber at the bottom. Then the person on the inside followed me around the glass using the nylon tools to work the rubber over the glass. Then I was able to work the spline in using the nylon tools by myself. The Steels people said the orange hand cleaner without the pumice works really well as a lubricant. I did not try that. I then sealed the glass to the rubber.

Thanks for the reply and info. I'll have some help next weekend and I will attempt the install you laid out. I did my windshield (2 piece) with the rope and it went right in. I thought the rear would be easier since it was a single unit and did not have an uneven bottom like the windshield did, not the case. Thanks again for the info, have replaced all the other glass in my 3800 and when the rear window goes in it will complete the glass effort.

My help made it down today, so we got on to installing the rear window. Had the gasket in for a few days. Used a glass suction handle on each side of the glass, soaped the channel real good, started the window in in a lower corner. Working both inside and out of the glass. After getting the bottom in, went up one side, across the top, and down the remaining side, lots of soap and the window was in. The bead was a little harder to get in, but it did go in with no problems. Looks great. Along with your good instruction, the rubber from Steele made a big difference also. Costs almost 3 times what the other did, but it was a better quality rubber and actually a little smaller looking into the end of the rubber. Thanks again for the info.
Jim

Steele sold me a sealer that you put between the glass and rubber. It's clear. It was a bit messy to work in but I am doing everything I can to keep my cab water tight. It rains a bit in the NW. I'am glad you got it in.

I used some sealer on the 2 piece from windshield and it was black and messy. DId bot us any on the back window. IF it leaks I'll have to pull the bead and get some sealer in. I'll try the clear as you did. In Colorado, we get only a fraction of the rain you guys get so I may luck out and not develop any leaks.
Jim