Hey All
I pulled my windscreen out of my bay bus to fix a wee rust problem - got a new rubber from Roy at the Bus Stop and can'y get the bloody thing back in - have done it a few times before over the years but htis is a bitch. So
Has anyone got any advice tricks ?
Can someone reccomend someone who fits them in Melbourne (RACV quoted me $110 - is that reasonable sounds exe to me ) or
Does anyone want to earn a slab and put the bloody thing back in for me ?
Cheers Paul
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lots of lubrication you probally have the wide seal which is twice as hard as the narrow type
should have got one from Vintage
dont laugh but get a tube of Sex lubricant from the local chemist or 7 / 11 store
its slippery as a finger in a bum pardon the pun and wont hurt any of the paint or create rust
Yeah KY Jelly is great for the finger in the bum...................I mean helping put rubbers in (that doesnt sound good either)...............slipping windscreen rubbers back in. 😂
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Yes,
You need someone with experience
that aren't scared to bash the windscreen
and know what they are doing....
I think all new rubbers are much harder then the originals back in the 60s and 70s...
as stones to to smash the toughened safety glass very easily on gravel roads....
Best of luck
Lee
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Is it a laminated or safety glass screen ???
Good question - I was wondering that last night. I reckon it only a safety glass screen - thus it would be in my interest to get a laminated one. Thus fitting would be free and I hate it when those things go.
Then again any excuse to use KY
Dazed and Confused
and riding a pushi
have a look at the edge of the glass and you will see if its laminated as you can see the 2 sections of glass easy
Are you using a string to pull it in, I've never fited a screen to a bus but have put a few in old Morries and Peugeots and a string gets em in easy with the help of a second pushing on the outside.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
Meant to add that the lube is a real good idea, theres one called silk, made outa alovera or sumpthn, works real good.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
I thought Sylk was made out of Kiwifruit?
Yep
here it is
[url=http://]
http://www.sylk.com.au/whatis/whatis_sylk.html[/url]
you blokes are obsessed with lube
and no it's not laminated so it looks like a new one is going in
Paul
Dazed and Confused
and riding a pushi
yeah SILK is made from kiwi fruit and looks just like thecleamofsomeyoungboy or the soup u would order in a chinese restraunt LOL
Yeah just checked the modern oxford dictionary "sumpthn, noun, otherwise known as kiwi fruit"
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Hi Paul,
I just checked my records; "Elite Windscreens" (Melb) came to my place, removed (and disposed of) the cracked screen and fitted a new (laminated) one for $155 a few years ago. They re-used the rubber that was there. The windscreen dude knew all the tricks and was gone in 15 minutes. No problems since.
hth
Peter Hill
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seems to work for me when i do the bay screen..
hope you get it sorted yeah..
paul
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Thanks All
What a saga - the windscreen people could not get it in. The wide seal is causing mayhem i think - I'll try those elite guys Peter. Maybe I should by a new seal. Yet another weekend without the bus in the road
Paul
Dazed and Confused
and riding a pushi
