Windscreen Removal???

[Luke]

Im looking at putting my mk3 shed on the road but the windscreen is cracked badly!! my mk4 shed has a good screen in it - so i'd like to swap it over!!

Any tips on getting the screen out in one piece is it possable??

[MrMPuk]

Good luck mate! All I can say is take your time and make sure you cut all the way round it! Try cutting from the inside with a long bladed knife.

[rover]

Never bother doing it myself now, I did one once and made such a mess of the rubber.

The chap I call on for windscreens only charges 60 quid or so for a Tranny windscreen.

[MrMPuk]

Yeah but Luke is a tight northerner!

[FredTransit]

Never bother doing it myself now, I did one once and made such a mess of the rubber.

The chap I call on for windscreens only charges 60 quid or so for a Tranny windscreen.

isn't the Mk3 screen bonded in? Or is that only the later ones?

[Luke]

The chap I call on for windscreens only charges 60 quid or so for a Tranny windscreen.

£60 thats 60 times more than the van cost!!!

Yeah but Luke is a tight northerner!

mate its being eco-friendly!!

isn't the Mk3 screen bonded in? Or is that only the later ones?

yeah i was thinking of using silkaflex to bond it in!!!

[rover]

Never bother doing it myself now, I did one once and made such a mess of the rubber.

The chap I call on for windscreens only charges 60 quid or so for a Tranny windscreen.

isn't the Mk3 screen bonded in? Or is that only the later ones?

Yeah, the screen fitters use a razor sharp 'Hooked thing'(<official name ) to break the bonding without damaging the rubber surround, I thought I could get away with using the 'carpet cutter' blade from a Stanley knife......wrong....very very wrong!

[Boycie]

We use cheese wire at work mate!!
Then the RAC man fits them for us, you 'have' to use special bonding sealer.

In fact, I shall be able to tell you exactly how to replace the 'screen soon because my Mk4 needs a new one.... after some local b*stard decided it would be fun to throw a stone at my perfect, original screen

[Luke]

I was thinking about getting some wire - handle either end, and heating it up with a heat gun then melting the sealer in a cutting action - 2 men - one inside one out - with the heat gun
get it!
would this would work??

[MrMPuk]

Sounds like a good idea, everything other than the heat guns that is!

[Luke]

Sounds like a good idea, everything other than the heat guns that is!

whys that then?

[Boycie]

Yup, that's the way to do it!!

Don't use heat tho! Once you get going, it'll be out in 3 minutes flat. I can do an Astra/Cavalier one on my own, but it's a whole lot easier with someone the other side!

[Luke]

problem is i dont have any cheese wire - i was thinking of pointing the heat gun on the wire - not on the rubber!

[rover]

problem is i dont have any cheese wire - i was thinking of pointing the heat gun on the wire - not on the rubber!

$ainsburry's>dehli counter>large lump of wood>=Free Cheese Wire

[WINDSCREENGUY]

i would ask a windscreen fitter how to do it