Use a "SFH" not a "BFH" Sorry, I'm in that kinda mood tonight! Seriously though, patience and a good sharp x-acto knife will go far. If you slowly and methodically remove the rubber, you can normally get glass out of a vehicle. Just take your time! Ken
As Ken stated, just keep going around the glass with the blade parallel to the glass surface till you hear the point of the blade scratching metal. A heat gun will help even on carbonized rubber but we use a Harbor Farce ($39) air hacksaw and a 6" long blade that can be kept flat to the glass. This is NO GOOD for a finish painted vehicle but will cut around a glass in a jiffy if ones just starting on it.
I take a big snap blade and go flat against the glass and up under the weatherstrip. Cut along the top and sides, then cut perpendicular to the rubber and follow the edge of the glass. It all comes off, then you lift out the glass, then pull all rubber off the cab.
I found the easiest way (for me) was to cut the rubber on the inside of the cab and push the glass out. If you are working alone, lay an old quilt or piece of carpeting on the hood in case the glass falls out.
That is sorta what i did. I cut the rubber until i could get some back out and then pulled it in reverse of installation. The rubber was fighting me hard to cut it. If I some type of a powered saw might have went a little easier.but it is out now so all is well. Hey Fed you live just up the road from me, I live just outside Jackson down 35
Easiest way Surround your truck with mattresses or something else nice and soft, tape up all the door gaps, locks or other holes, open the hood and shove a 1/8 inch rubber hose in through a bulkhead grommet, grab the biggest oxygen bottle you can find and make an adapter so that your 1/8 hose fits straight on, then whack the valve open and wait for the pop! You will find all your glass laying neatly around your truck on the mattresses Worked for me
my buddy used to have a habit of braking the glass in his volkswagens so we would coat the rubber with wd40 to soften it up in the vegas heat. it seemed to revive the rubber and it always worked. Robert
Cracking / Breaking Flat Glass This is always caused by haste ~ you have to keep cutting & cutting until the glass falls out ~ even if the rubber is still holding in one tiny area, when you try to push it out , it'll crack ~ that's the nature of flat glass . I learned this the hard way back when used VW windshields were only $5.00 & the boss chewed my narrow behind terribly for cracking a few I was taking out and tried to rush the job . A carpet knife or box cutter with a NEW blade is best as rubber dulls the blade quickly . Hard rubber actually makes the job easier once you get the hang of doing this .
So, tewSlow, which side of Jackson are you on? It would be cool to get together this summer and trade a few ideas!
