Author Topic: Removal of A-2 glued in Windshield (Read 4675 times)

vanagondiesel · « **on:** October 11, 2005, 08:49:32 pm »

How to we remove the windshield of a glued in 89 Jetta A-2?
Cut it out?

fatmobile · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:44:27 am »

When I broke the windshield on my '91 Golf, I got one from a local salvage yard.
They removed it and I asked them how.
They suggested using the thin metal wire and cutting it out.
I've seen it at autoparts stores.

Maarten · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:56:01 am »

Use a special tool with 90 degree bend and heated blade to cut the glue.

vanagondiesel · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2005, 07:44:11 am »

I would assume once I get the good windscrene out, then to put it back in, is just a matter of a couple of tubes of silicone

btw, wanna get jealous?

I found a running 89 diesel turbo Jetta for 900- talked them to $650.
Going today with my car dolly to retrieve my find

that will make # 21 I now own

fatmobile · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2005, 02:01:04 pm »

No it's more than that.
Don't use silicone. Go to an autoglass place and get the urethane that they use. There is even different stuff for installing in cold weather.
Get the trim that goes around the windshield from them too.
Cut a V out of the side of the tip so you can put a christmas tree all around the pinchweld. Not just a flat layer of sealant/adhesive.

vwmike · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2005, 02:36:26 pm »

I've been down this road before and I can say it's worth it to have someone else do it if you really care about the car. I changed my windsheild using what I thought was the right stuff, but it leaked really bad and I couldn't stop it. All I could do was add sealer on the inside which I really couldn't properly apply up close to the dash. When I stripped the car down to nothing to repaint it I tried to get the windsheild back out using a guitar string. It was almost out when it cracked. I called around and found a cool local guy who dropped a new one in for me for $160. He now does all my friends auto glass too. Since then, my windsheild has never leaked or whistled.