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Rear Wind Screen Seal Replacement


mambosasa

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On my receint motorway trip, I noticed that my rear windscreen rattled a little with the build up of speed. On closer inspection, it seems that the rubber seals have finally given up the ghost!

 

So, I purchased a replacement seal from EP (at the Malvern show) and set about swapping it over.

 

Out with the old

 

After removing the windscreen from the car ( just popped the roll-bar shroud off and slid the glass out), I simply peeled the rubber gasket off and used white spirit and a Brillo pad to soften the glue.

 

Old gasket coming off

 

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I used the common garden variety white spirit

 

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The Brillo pad helped getting the White spirit onto the old glue

 

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And finished off the job by scraping the remaining glue with the flat end of a Stanley knife.

 

I then very carefully stuck the new rubber seal to the edge of the glass. I made sure that the new seal followed the old glue line and therefore guaranteed perfect line up.

 

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Detail of the new seal...

 

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Looking pretty good now and ready for re-installation...

 

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I then re-installed the screen back on the car - pretty much the reverse of the removal.

 

I am pretty happy with the end finish. Good as new!

 

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Total time taken - 15 minutes.

 

Job done! :afro:

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