I need to replace fhe fixed side window on one of my TWagons.

 

Anybody have recomendations for proper glue/sealant? Any useful tips? (Trim, special care needed sealing spots, that sort of thing.) Old glass is shattered, donor glass was a recent replacement that should be easy to remove even without wire-cable tool. I have some professional experience, but 10000 days ago.

I get mine from Wesco, but it is about $20 a tube.

3M makes a two part epoxy especially for that application. Dry fit the window a couple of times first, rolling it up and down to ensure proper alignment before you put the glue in.

those windows are pretty easy to install. 3m windshield adhesive will work well(and has for me).

just make sure you dont get the stuff, that is meant to repair a leaky windshield seal, as its alot more viscious, so it flows, instead of sticks.

Hey NorthGuy... Thanks for the tip about rolling up and down, but this one is fixed. (as in unmoving, not as in not broken.). While we are on the subject, do you mean that this is the adhesive used to hold the moveable windows into their bottom channel? If so, with or without the channel rubber?

 

And Archemitis, It looks simple but sometimes things that look hard are easy (pulling the engine) and easy things are hard (like sealing a window properly so it doesn't leak and or cancerize the body). I thought it best to ask the Great Wise Ones!

If you have the rubber, make sure it is clean/ free of any debris before you attach the channel to the glass and be careful as you tap it into place (I'd recommend you lube the rubber up with silicone lubricant before you hammer it on. Or, is your new/replacement glass already attached to the channel? If so, it should just be a bolt-in operation. Again, test roll it several times to look for binding and adjustments.

Northguy, the window I am replacing is glued to the side of the body and doesn't move. No gasket, no move, just glued in place.

 

Ok, I did ask a hypothetical question about a door window... I had to reattach the windows on a Hyundai (not mine, honest!!!) once, and I was trying to hunt down the channel rubber. 9 out of 10 glass shops just went "huh?", as they just shot urethane foam into the channel and set the bottom of the window into it and called it done. 10th shop knew what I was talking about and sold the rubber by the foot. Guess which one I would take MY cars to...

 

Thanks for all of the info! Even when it isn't what I intended to ask for it is still useful.

Stationary side glass is mounted in a rubbergasket that pulls in around a pinchweld or it is held in by butyl tape and urethane sealant, depending on make and model.

just for reference, my buddy that drove a subaru with a burnt headgasket, till it died, then poped the clutch, made it start, then drove it 20 more miles... not the smartest, or mechanically inclined.

he installed one, first windo install ever, i bought the car, and it never leaked, thats why i say its easy

 

the hard part was gettin the spiderwebed glass out without scrapin the paint too much with a putty knife.