Windshield: Service and Repair

Windscreen Glass

CAUTION: Place a protective covering over the cowl panel and dashboard to prevent damage to the bodywork and also to prevent broken glass entering the heater system.

REMOVE
1. Remove the windscreen wiper arms.
2. Remove the expander strip from the channel in the rubber moulding around the glass.
3. Remove the rubber moulding from the windscreen opening.
4. Remove any previous sealing compound from around the opening.
5. Thoroughly clean the windscreen opening and remove any broken glass.




NOTE: To ensure a good bond is achieved between windscreen and rubber DO NOT use petroleum based solvents or liquid soap to clean or aid assembly of the windscreen to rubber.

REFIT
1. Apply Sikaflex 207 cleaner primer to the windscreen and rubber to remove any oil based film that may be present.
2. Apply Sikaflex 221 or 255 adhesive sealant to the exterior channel of the NEW rubber moulding, ensure the sealant is applied to the bottom of the channel.
3. Fit the rubber moulding to the windscreen opening.
4. Ensure that the edge of the A-post interior trim panels are fitted under the lip of the rubber moulding.

Fitting:

5. Fit the windscreen (10) into either bottom corner of the rubber moulding channel.
6. Work the glass into the bottom of the windscreen rubber using a soft blunt implement (11) shaped with a wedge type point, working up and around the seal and at the same time pushing the screen onto the rubber, ease the lip of the seal over the windscreen glass as illustrated.





7. Apply Sikaflex 221 or 255 adhesive sealant (12) between the outer lip of the rubber moulding and exterior surface of the windscreen, ensure the sealant is applied to the bottom of the channel.

NOTE: To aid assembly of expander strip to the windscreen rubber apply a small amount of soap solution to the channel on the face of the rubber. Ensure that the soap solution is applied to the channel only.

8. To aid insertion apply mineral spirit to the rubber expander strip channel.
9. Fit the expander rubber to the channel, do not overstretch the rubber.





10. If any of the rubber strip protrudes beyond the channel after fitting, trim off at 45° with a sharp knife.
11. Surplus sealant between screen and rubber moulding will be forced out after the expander strip is fitted.
12. Remove the surplus sealant, and wipe away the remaining sealant using Sikadur cleaner.
13. With a blunt instrument lift the bottom of the rubber moulding up and over onto the top of the cowl panel, likewise repeat the operation to bring the bottom of the rubber moulding up and over onto the dashboard.
14. Refit the wiper arms, check the wiper sweep is correct.
15. Reverse the remaining removal instructions.