Re: Spontaneous Windshield Breakage?!?

[audistuff@juno.com (Paul R Anderson)]

If the gasket and frame were not cleaned out well when the windshield
was replaced, the expansion from the solar heat can cause it to crack.
The best way to see if this is the problem is to take it back to the
place where it was done the first time and insist on being present when
they remove the windshield.  Inspect the gasket yourself.  I'd almost bet
there is a small chip of glass from the old windshield at the point of
origin of the crack.


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On Mon, 25 May 1998 23:14:15 -0400 Bryan Kamerer <kamerer@concentric.net>
writes:
>
>
>	Today I returned to my car after leaving it parked for 4 hours 
>to find the
>windshield had broken in front of the passenger, vertically in a 
>fairly
>straight line about 6 inches, then the break turned towards the center 
>90
>deg. for another 8 inches.  Absolutely not there when we left the car 
>-
>both the passenger and I confirm this.
>
>	Anybody ever heard of anything like this?
>
>	91 V8, windshield is 1 1/4 yrs old (previous one replaced 
>after minor
>accident where loose interior item hit windhield in sudden stop).
>
>	Can this possibly be NORMAL, or does it maybe mean something 
>more
>significant could be wrong?  Car was parked in a fairly remote place 
>where
>nothing could have fallen on it or anyone could likely have damaged it
>inadvertently.  Tres bizarre.
>
>	Bryan Kamerer
>	
>

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