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54 jimmy · 01-10-2010, 06:49 PM

i am tryinng to figure out how to replace the wing window glass on my 54 gmc. now i am trying to get the glass out of the frame not take the window out of the truck. a friend told me to get a heat gun and heat it up so the frame expands and it should come out pretty easy but i figured i would ask you guys first. it looks like it is glued in but i could be mistaken.

solidaxel · 01-10-2010, 07:48 PM

Are we having fun yet !!
I ended up breaking mine as I was trying to remove the glass then ended up with a
1/4" drill bit on my cordeless and working all the broken parts out of the frame.
This kept me from spending $249.00 on a new frame and glass!!
I did place the glass ina vise with a rag holding the glass and using a block of wood to tap the frame, but it was glued in and broke.

54 jimmy · 01-11-2010, 06:29 AM

mine is cracked so that dosen't matter. but the good piece of glass is still in another frame bute the frame is rotted. i guess i'll break the broken one out of the good frame and try to cut the good glass out of the rotted fram without breaking it. whats the worst thing that could happen. oh yea then i won't have a wing window glass. ha ha

Dan Bowles · 01-11-2010, 08:26 AM

Must be glued in. I got lucky and found a pair in a barn sale last fall. Already replaced!

mylow53 · 01-11-2010, 05:51 PM

i say break it you will need to clean it out good to drop the new one in... i didn't think the 54 had a wind wing. maybe a gmc thing
GT

54 jimmy · 01-11-2010, 06:41 PM

my truck is actually a 53 cab but it was a 1.5 ton. i have a split windshield too. not the 1piece.

01-10-2010, 06:49 PM	#1
54 jimmy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: pittston,PA Posts: 1,184	ad wing window glass replacement i am tryinng to figure out how to replace the wing window glass on my 54 gmc. now i am trying to get the glass out of the frame not take the window out of the truck. a friend told me to get a heat gun and heat it up so the frame expands and it should come out pretty easy but i figured i would ask you guys first. it looks like it is glued in but i could be mistaken. __________________ There is nothing you can't fix with a BFH or a FIRE WRENCH. 1997 chevy k1500 ext cab z71 (daily driver) sold 1996 chevy k1500 reg cab 4x4(daily driver)totaled 2008jeep patriot (wife's daily driver 2008 chevy 1500 ext cab 4x4 sold 2011 chevy 1500 crew cab ltz (daily driver) 1996 chevy 1500 reg cab 4x4 project sold 2006 pontiac grand prix gxp (daily work commuter)

01-10-2010, 07:48 PM	#2
solidaxel Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cactus Patch So. Az Posts: 4,749	Re: ad wing window glass replacement Are we having fun yet !! I ended up breaking mine as I was trying to remove the glass then ended up with a 1/4" drill bit on my cordeless and working all the broken parts out of the frame. This kept me from spending $249.00 on a new frame and glass!! I did place the glass ina vise with a rag holding the glass and using a block of wood to tap the frame, but it was glued in and broke. __________________ 53 TuTone Extended Cab 350 4-Spd 3:08 (SOLD) 53 Chevy Moldy pearl green ZZ-4 4L60E 9" 3:25 55 GMC 1st Black Mll (ZZ4) ZZ6 TKO 600 5 sp 3:73 62 Solidaxle Corvette Roman Red (327 340hp 4spd 3:36) C4 & C5 suspension tube chassis LS 3 4L70E 65 Corvette Coupe 327 350hp 4spd 4:11 78 Black Silverado SWB (350/350) 5.3 & 4L60E 3:42 2000 S-Type 3.0 (wife cruiser) 2003 GMC SCSB 5.3 4L60E 3:42

01-11-2010, 06:29 AM	#3
54 jimmy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: pittston,PA Posts: 1,184	Re: ad wing window glass replacement mine is cracked so that dosen't matter. but the good piece of glass is still in another frame bute the frame is rotted. i guess i'll break the broken one out of the good frame and try to cut the good glass out of the rotted fram without breaking it. whats the worst thing that could happen. oh yea then i won't have a wing window glass. ha ha __________________ There is nothing you can't fix with a BFH or a FIRE WRENCH. 1997 chevy k1500 ext cab z71 (daily driver) sold 1996 chevy k1500 reg cab 4x4(daily driver)totaled 2008jeep patriot (wife's daily driver 2008 chevy 1500 ext cab 4x4 sold 2011 chevy 1500 crew cab ltz (daily driver) 1996 chevy 1500 reg cab 4x4 project sold 2006 pontiac grand prix gxp (daily work commuter)

01-11-2010, 08:26 AM	#4
Dan Bowles AD Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Blissfield, MI Posts: 822	Re: ad wing window glass replacement Must be glued in. I got lucky and found a pair in a barn sale last fall. Already replaced!

01-11-2010, 05:51 PM	#5
mylow53 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: thousand oaks, California Posts: 732	Re: ad wing window glass replacement i say break it you will need to clean it out good to drop the new one in... i didn't think the 54 had a wind wing. maybe a gmc thing GT __________________ Greg 1953 chevy 1/2 ton 5 window, chevy 350 330 horse 700r tranz, lowering spindels mustang 2 frount. ford 9", airbags on 4 corners . purchased in 1983 for $325 while in high school http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=215079&page=5

01-11-2010, 06:41 PM	#6
54 jimmy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: pittston,PA Posts: 1,184	Re: ad wing window glass replacement my truck is actually a 53 cab but it was a 1.5 ton. i have a split windshield too. not the 1piece. __________________ There is nothing you can't fix with a BFH or a FIRE WRENCH. 1997 chevy k1500 ext cab z71 (daily driver) sold 1996 chevy k1500 reg cab 4x4(daily driver)totaled 2008jeep patriot (wife's daily driver 2008 chevy 1500 ext cab 4x4 sold 2011 chevy 1500 crew cab ltz (daily driver) 1996 chevy 1500 reg cab 4x4 project sold 2006 pontiac grand prix gxp (daily work commuter)

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