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Originally Posted by Triple-S
Although the door-glass carriers on my 140 are almost new one window has become detached from it. The gasket strip along the join also looks new, so I searched both on here and in the manuals for advise on how to refit but couldn't find anything.
Questions: does that section of the carrier have to be prised open to accept the glass plus gasket; how to clamp it shut or bash it together after installation without crunching the glass, and what adhesive to use (if any).
I'd prefer to do the job in-situ but assuming it will pass through the gap at the door top then so be it. Has anybody else done this job - john-h perhaps, as I'd be grateful for advice.
Paul
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you will need a new unused metal carrier , a stretched one won't grip and a squashed one will not go on . a new rubber strip , quite a bit longer than you need and you will have to get the glass out ..
mark on the glass where the metal strip needs to be ... after cleaning the glass with brake cleaner to get any oil off . never use any oil at all the channel will only come off again !
The method is to get someone to hold the glass upside down verticaly on a piece of hardboard on a flat floor ..you have to stretch the rubber along the complete length of the glass so it gets thinner .. then hammer the metal channel on in the right place , use a block of wood between hammer and channel . do not worry about hammering , i never broke any glass on the dozens and dozens i did back in the 1970's to 90's ..