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Any tips for removing rear hatch glass without cutting the rubber or breaking the glass?
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Ian
Calgary AB, Canada
93 L B6T: June 2016 FOTM
59 Austin Healey "Bugeye" Sprite
"It's infinitely better to fail with courage than to sit idle with fear...." Chip Gaines (pg 167 of Capital Gaines, Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff)
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Use oil or soap. Soap is cleaner.
Start on the inside on a corner and push.
Rolling the rubber inward while pushing. Once it starts to go it will all go.
The glass is pretty tough , I've layed a hatch on the ground in the grass and stood in a corner and pushed one out that way. I wouldn't recommend that method but I didn't care about the glass although I didn't break it.
When reinstalling I like the rope method rather than the hook tool method. Use soap on the rubber a helper out side pushing while you pull the rope from the inside helps.Last edited by william; 06-06-2015, 05:43 PM. -
Describe this rope method please?91GL BP/F3A with boost
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I didn't have any rope. So, I just used some telephone wire. As you pull it out, it curls the rubber to the outside.Comment
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