Re: windshield replacement not for the faint of heart?

[four.rings@MCIONE.com]

Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net> wrote:

>Well, after the guy from Company X came to replace my windshield, he
>pulls the trim off the pillars(only did I notice, after reading the
>Bently that he forgot a piece and removed it, after he left a few
>marks)

I removed everything myself beforehand when a week ago I had the
windshield in the 200 replaced. Inside: A-pillar covers, top
rubber gasket, boost- and Lambda gauges, mirror, radar detector,
CB antenna stick-on box with cable.
Outside: wipers, underhood plastic cowl, rubber gasket,
through-the-glass CB antenna.
I always do the prep work and final assembly myself, it saves a
lot of aggravation.

> and then goes at the stuff with what looks like a biscuit joiner 
>with a long extension;
>it vibrates the extension very, very quickly, and whenever he uses it, >huge clouds of black smoke result.
>I thought they used a thin metal wire to remove it...the meathod he's
>using now seems slightly, uh, violent, and he keeps hitting metal clips 
>that hold the windshield in.

The shop used a gizmo with two suction cups and a crank with a
steel piano wire. Worked very well, it was fast, quiet and
gentle.
The method that you are discribing indeed sounds rather brutal.
Metal, chipped away in the gasket channel, might invitate rust
later on.

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Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ -- 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ -- nothing to declare
Philadelphia, PA
USA
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/8949/homepage.html
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