Installing windows

[Rob]

I need to install my rear quarter windows ('70 standard).
I just got the rubbers in from Cip1, any tips on how to install them before I mess things up ?

Rob.

[wrenchnride247]

Silicone, or soapy water, is your friend for this, and heavy duty string. Put the seals on the glass. Then, put the string (coated with silicone, or soapy water) in the groove on the seal closest to the inside that goes in window opening. Put some silicone, or soapy water, on the window lip as well. You will need some help to put the glass in. Have someone keep pressure around the edges (don't push in the middle of glass) while you start to slowly pull the string out, from the inside of car. The quarters are fairly easy to do, but it may take a few tries to get it...

[GL-Aussielooker]

also lay the rubber out in the sun for a few minutes... to soften up ... makes stretching it over the window easier

[aircooled4ever]

Hello
Pick up the window and note how the old weatherstrip seal was attached to the window.

Sit at a table to put the rubber seal on the window and make sure that there is nothing on the table that would scratch the glass. If you look inside the grooves, you’ll note that one of the grooves may have a single channel within the groove. That groove goes on the glass. The other groove might have three two or maybe three channels inside.

Getting the seal on the window needs attentio, because after getting one side on, the other side wants to pop off. So I found a trick to help me get the seal on. Put on some safety goggle, just in case. Lay the glass on the table perpendicular to your chest with the interior side up and work the groove of the seal onto the end of the glass farthest away from you. Make sure the glass is firmly and deeply seated in the groove. Continue working the seal onto the glass until you have about 4 to 6 inches of seal seated on the sides of the glass. Take 2” wide masking tape and tape it around the glass and rubber seal (from one side to the other, not from one end to the other) so the seal doesn’t slip off of the glass. Now slowly stretch the seal and try to get it on the end nearest you. When you get it on, apply the masking tape. Stretch the seal carefully and don’t use extreme force, since the glass could shatter. Slow and steady stretching on the rubber should do it. If putting on the seal is a little tight, try stretching it like just before blowing up a balloon. Lightly sponge some soapy water on the middle portion on one side and start working the seal onto the glass. Repeat on the remaining side. Don't use soapy water to put the seal on the ends of the glass. You want the traction to help the seal stay on the window. Save the soapy water for the sides.
Glass assy installation:
Have a buddy hold the glass in place from the outside to help you out. First, push the top groove of the window seal into the body frame by applying upward pressure from the bottom of the window. The point is, both of you will be working to apply pressure from the inside and the outside, while simultaneously prying out the lips outward on each side. It should work the same way as putting a tire back on a bicycle rim. Be careful with the screwdriver so you don’t rip the rubber seal.
For this purpose a home made scredriver with bend nose will help better.
You may also put inside the rubber groove (before attemp to install the glass)
a rope arround the whole glass with its rubber.Rope thickness should be about 0.20 inch.If you use a rope start over and while your buddy push the glass against the body frame pull out the rope from the groove gently and you ll see how the rubber "engage" the metal lip of car.
Be carefull not to pull the rope so hard as it might rip up the new rubber.Your helper doesnt need to press with lots of force when you pull the rope to engage the rubber on lip.

If your rubber seal has a groove for trim, push the trim in the groove.

After done reward yourself with a cold beer!

[Kafer_Mike]

A couple tips:
-Spray the window seal with a light coat of ArmorAll (I prefer over soapy water.).
-Overlap your string at the top and center of the window by at least 4''-6".
-Grip the string 8"-10" away from the seal.
-Pull the one end of the string towards the front of the car until you clear the upper corner and 1/2 way down the b-pillar, then pull the other end of the string untill you clear the radius at the rear of the window. Finish by pulling the first end around the front bottom corner and to the rear.
-If the string gets hard to pull or gets stuck, use a large clockwise circular motion as you pull.

[ricola]

I believe most soaps contain salts which can harm rubber, better to use a water-based lubricant (don't laugh but KY Jelly is popular!)
Rich