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12-09-2020 08:03 AM #1
Door glass replacement 50 chev 3100
Q: best way to remove glass from frame, and what to use to adhere new glass?
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12-10-2020 07:22 AM #2
Welcome to CHR! I've not messed with a Chevy of that vintage, but the only door glass I did long ago just had a strip of flat rubber, almost like a tire inner tube with the width equal to the inside measure of the channel. Seems to me that to get the frame off I used a piece of 2x4 against the glass and rapped it with a hammer. The channel was narrower at the open side, making a tight friction fit pinching the rubber to the glass.
There's several YouTube videos of door glass on Chevy trucks of that time. Have you done any Google research?Roger
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12-10-2020 04:50 PM #3
After 2 hours I finally removed the frame from the old glass..rust, and a ton of silicone were the culprits...used a torch, and a soldering gun to get it off. Youtube does not cover installing the glass into the frame. thanks for the reply
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12-11-2020 12:12 PM #4
Factory manual says to squirt gasoline on the rubber in the channel to soften it up to remove. Use light weight oil to re-install.
1948-51 Chevy Truck Shop ManualIt's All Good
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12-11-2020 02:33 PM #5
^^^ Nice source!
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12-14-2020 11:48 AM #6
done..new tempered smoked glass, new channels. looks great
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12-14-2020 04:51 PM #7
In our neighborhood, 2 blocks down the hill was a gas station that (to me) all the cool car guys hung out there. 32 coupes, 33 & 34 Fords as well, a sweet 56 Ford Beach wagon that was setup gasser...
How did you get hooked on cars?