

| Subject: | Re: Removing internal window rubber |
| From: | Robert Keezer |
| Date: | Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:15:48 -0800 |
I've been kicking Vanagon side windows out with my feet for 11 years-probably over 50 of them. The ones I am careful with are the slider and center driver's side. The aluminum frame can bend so these I push instead of kick. Robert 1982 Westfalia --- Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > The 4 side windows can be removed in 15 minutes > or less,total.Use a > 22ounce claw hammer that has the claws at an > almost straight curve(?).A 16 > ounce claw hammer has the claw curves too > steep, that will bump on the > metal.Just stick the claws between the rubber > and window frame and > twist.Out, in 30 seconds. > > Scrub your rubber clean with fine steel wool > lubricated with soap. Gob > vasoline on the rubber and let the sun soak it > into the rubber.This time > of year it takes several days.It will > rejuvinate the rubber and make it > lok almost new. > > When installing the windows, use vasoline as a > lubricant.It will soak into > the rubber and help make it flexable and seal > better when it soaks into > the ruber. > > I did this to all my exterior rubber. You can > see the pop top gasket that > had this treatment two years earlier in my phto > of pop top screws tha tI > sell. > > > Foam rubber seals ,like in the doors, will > swell up a tad,but this is > ok.It make s for a tighter door closing.Looks > almost new again. > > http://stores.ebay.com/werksforwagens > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL
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