Rear quarter window hinges

[Flamingo 5]

I’m not sure how this is supposed to work . I thought it would have a piano hinge but it looks like the sheet metal attachment to glass

just screws into the b pillar?

[John_in_VA]

That's it!

[NYNick]

There's a Tech Article about the rear quarter windows. I just put these in and it was very helpful.

[Flamingo 5]

31 minutes ago, NYNick said:

There's a Tech Article about the rear quarter windows. I just put these in and it was very helpful.

Is that in the “Technical Tips” book ?

its starting to come back to me but it’s so weird to have a plastic hinges 

[d.hitchcock]

IIRC, the glass sandwiches into the rubber seal, and the whole affair is cotter pinned into the black steel part, which screws to the B pillar. The play in the cotter pin and the seal is what enables the glass to move in and out, I think.

 

[NYNick]

54 minutes ago, West Palm 2002 said:

Is that in the “Technical Tips” book ?

its starting to come back to me but it’s so weird to have a plastic hinges 

FAQ TECH ARTICLES

 

 

[Flamingo 5]

Now the problem is removing the

metal Hing  attachment from the 

glass

any ideas about removing this?

 

Edited February 25, 2019 by West Palm 2002

[John_in_VA]

Did you find the cotter pins?

[TobyB]

Just pull.  It's held in by the pin, and the rubber sticks to the glass and the channel.

 

Heat might help.

 

If someone's left their quarter windows open, you can steal them by pulling the pin, 

unscrewing the latch nut, and then pulling the window backwards.  

It takes exactly a pair of needle nose pliers.

 

t

feloniously

[Flamingo 5]

Mine still had the rivets in

i removed the rivets and soaked in

pb blaster, no luck.

maybe something that melts the old neoprene?

[NYNick]

Cotter Pin!!!!!

[TobyB]

There comes a point in every job where no amount of internet can solve your problem.

 

The rubber channel sticks to the glass and the metal, that's all there is to it.  And it sticks pretty well.

 

I said to try heat to soften the rubber. 

I don't see any indication you did. 

 

Chemicals aren't going to help much- it's sealed on there.

 

Beyond that, IF you got the cotter pin out,

it's a mechanical bond.  That's all there is to it. 

I often end up destroying the rubber, these days.  It's been together 40- odd years, now.

 

 

It's up to you to defeat it.  Go at it!  It'll come apart.  Eventually.  With YOUR persistence.

 

 

t

no internet required

[Flamingo 5]

1 hour ago, TobyB said:

There comes a point in every job where no amount of internet can solve your problem.

 

The rubber channel sticks to the glass and the metal, that's all there is to it.  And it sticks pretty well.

 

I said to try heat to soften the rubber. 

I don't see any indication you did. 

 

Chemicals aren't going to help much- it's sealed on there.

 

Beyond that, IF you got the cotter pin out,

it's a mechanical bond.  That's all there is to it. 

I often end up destroying the rubber, these days.  It's been together 40- odd years, now.

 

 

It's up to you to defeat it.  Go at it!  It'll come apart.  Eventually.  With YOUR persistence.

 

 

t

no internet required

Early cars had rivet in metal to glass channel, I drilled it out.Heat ? It was 90 degrees yesterday.

internet search revealed a marine

caulk remover called “De-Bonder”

and epoxy paint remover to desolve neoprene 

ill let you know how it works 

[TobyB]

Did the rivet look like this?

 

I was thinking a heat gun.  

 

t

[Flamingo 5]

6 hours ago, TobyB said:

Did the rivet look like this?

 

I was thinking a heat gun.  

 

t

That’s is a carter Pin

this is a Rivet