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stllookn · 06-21-2002, 09:02 PM

How do you remove the rear window with the chrome piece? Where do you begin? How do make sure you don't bend the chrome and destroy the rubber seal?

Longhorn Man · 06-21-2002, 09:08 PM

A cinder block carefully aimed at the center of the window will usually do it...ask the punks who did it to my old lady's blazer.

stllookn · 06-21-2002, 09:10 PM

Andy, Thanks but I was hoping to reuse the glass for something other than decorations in the rock garden...LMAO!

Longhorn Man · 06-21-2002, 09:15 PM

Ahhhh, I hear you can use small screw drivers, but please do not try it untill someone verifies it.

ebfabman · 06-21-2002, 09:19 PM

I think you'll have to cut the rubber from the inside and take the glass and whats left of the rubber gasket out in one piece, then the trim can easily be removed. Thats the way I just did two of em
Maybe there is another way, but damned if I can figure it out.........

stllookn · 06-21-2002, 09:22 PM

Earl, So the glass and rubber are removed from inside the cab? How does that chrome piece attach to the cab?

speeddemon · 06-21-2002, 09:27 PM

The best way is to cut the rear glass rubber from the inside. That way you will not damage the chrome. Anyway the rubber is only 25 bucks or so and you will not hurt the glass or the chrome.

**Desert Rat** · 06-21-2002, 09:44 PM

I use a new Razor Knife and cut,and take out from back,if you pay my airfare to WA ill do it for you.its $258 hoping to be there July 10-20

stllookn · 06-21-2002, 10:00 PM

Micah, Put that fleetside box in your suitcase and you have a deal...LOL! I think I see how it goes now...I was just looking at my spare cab in the barn and I can see where the glass fits on the outside of the cab and the rubber gasket fits over the lip to the inside. I was hoping to reuse the gasket when I bring the flatbed back from Spokane as a temporary setup. I guess I can use it two pieces...or three...or four...LMAO!

ebfabman · 06-21-2002, 10:13 PM

stllookn, yeah, cut the gasket from the inside of the cab , then remove the glass and all from the outside (push it out from the inside of the cab). Then you will see how the trim comes off, just kind of pull back the gasket and the trim comes right off.

stllookn · 06-21-2002, 11:26 PM

Earl, Thanks...I am going to wait to my son comes home so I have some help on the outside. I don't want to push it into the box and run the risk of breakage.

tom hand · 06-21-2002, 11:40 PM

Unless the rubber is hard as a rock, there is no need to cut it. A couble of screwdrivers on the inside of the cab is all you need to get it out. Just start in the corner and it will pop right out. I think I still have mine around in one piece if someone needs it.

stllookn · 06-22-2002, 12:30 AM

It came apart like a two piece puzzle! Four screwdrivers, two old hacksaw blades, one putty knife and two old license plates. One man job and I didn't have to cut the gasket...still good or at least it will be once I clean and rejuvinate it.

Now...how do I get it back together with the rope trick. I think I see how that would work but do you put one end of the window in place then place the rope inside the rest of the gasket and pull it out as you push on the glass? It looks like the rope just pulls the gasket to the inside of the cab.

ebfabman · 06-22-2002, 08:58 PM

If you have one good enough to get out like that, getting it back in is no problem. I like to use a lined cord, something smooth on the outside. It's a pretty easy job with two people.

06-21-2002, 09:02 PM	#1
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	How do you....? How do you remove the rear window with the chrome piece? Where do you begin? How do make sure you don't bend the chrome and destroy the rubber seal? __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

06-21-2002, 09:10 PM	#3
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Andy, Thanks but I was hoping to reuse the glass for something other than decorations in the rock garden...LMAO! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

06-21-2002, 09:22 PM	#6
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Earl, So the glass and rubber are removed from inside the cab? How does that chrome piece attach to the cab? __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

06-21-2002, 09:27 PM	#7
speeddemon Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: lexington,South Carolina Posts: 158	The best way is to cut the rear glass rubber from the inside. That way you will not damage the chrome. Anyway the rubber is only 25 bucks or so and you will not hurt the glass or the chrome. __________________ 69-C10 LWB 71- fleetside shortbed It's a shame stupidity isn't painful Never play leapfrog with a unicorn

06-21-2002, 10:00 PM	#9
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Micah, Put that fleetside box in your suitcase and you have a deal...LOL! I think I see how it goes now...I was just looking at my spare cab in the barn and I can see where the glass fits on the outside of the cab and the rubber gasket fits over the lip to the inside. I was hoping to reuse the gasket when I bring the flatbed back from Spokane as a temporary setup. I guess I can use it two pieces...or three...or four...LMAO! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

06-21-2002, 09:08 PM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	A cinder block carefully aimed at the center of the window will usually do it...ask the punks who did it to my old lady's blazer.

06-21-2002, 09:15 PM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Ahhhh, I hear you can use small screw drivers, but please do not try it untill someone verifies it.

06-21-2002, 09:19 PM	#5
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,488	I think you'll have to cut the rubber from the inside and take the glass and whats left of the rubber gasket out in one piece, then the trim can easily be removed. Thats the way I just did two of em Maybe there is another way, but damned if I can figure it out.........

06-21-2002, 09:44 PM	#8
Desert Rat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Darrington, Washington Posts: 3,963	I use a new Razor Knife and cut,and take out from back,if you pay my airfare to WA ill do it for you.its $258 hoping to be there July 10-20

06-21-2002, 10:13 PM	#10
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,488	stllookn, yeah, cut the gasket from the inside of the cab , then remove the glass and all from the outside (push it out from the inside of the cab). Then you will see how the trim comes off, just kind of pull back the gasket and the trim comes right off.

06-21-2002, 11:26 PM	#11
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Earl, Thanks...I am going to wait to my son comes home so I have some help on the outside. I don't want to push it into the box and run the risk of breakage. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

06-21-2002, 11:40 PM	#12
tom hand CCRider Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Olive Branch,MS,USA Posts: 2,232	Unless the rubber is hard as a rock, there is no need to cut it. A couble of screwdrivers on the inside of the cab is all you need to get it out. Just start in the corner and it will pop right out. I think I still have mine around in one piece if someone needs it. __________________ 72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail Olive Branch MS

06-22-2002, 12:30 AM	#13
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	It came apart like a two piece puzzle! Four screwdrivers, two old hacksaw blades, one putty knife and two old license plates. One man job and I didn't have to cut the gasket...still good or at least it will be once I clean and rejuvinate it. Now...how do I get it back together with the rope trick. I think I see how that would work but do you put one end of the window in place then place the rope inside the rest of the gasket and pull it out as you push on the glass? It looks like the rope just pulls the gasket to the inside of the cab. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

06-22-2002, 08:58 PM	#14
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,488	If you have one good enough to get out like that, getting it back in is no problem. I like to use a lined cord, something smooth on the outside. It's a pretty easy job with two people.



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