Windshield Removal: Easy and Efficient

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4 жыл бұрын

This method is simple, easy and efficient as well as cheap. You can use old brake springs to make steel wire rope inserters. Windshield removal is tough work, especially getting a good one from the junkyard. I have removed several windshields without damage. You may replace the windshield using less than $50 for the entire job if the windshield is from a junkyard.
Note that when removing the urethane at the four corners of the windshield, if pulling isn't effective, you can use a sawing motion instead. When pulling the rope, if there is uncomfortable resistance, please check and see if it is caught on any part of the metal frame, such as the VIN tag.

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@antichrist_revealed 11 ай бұрын

That's how we did them back in the day. I have one to replace and was just checking videos to see if there was anything new out there. You just confirmed the Old School is still the best School.

@rockspyder3970 2 жыл бұрын

You just made my life a whole lot easier, saved me hours of struggling, spared me from injury, and plenty bucks not wasted. Thanks!!

@LosoIAm Жыл бұрын

Awesome video; no BS talking - straight to the point. Many thanks!

@clinthightowerclinthightow4950 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job! That's similar to how we use to do it in the old days except we just used two people. Very nice, thank you for posting! extremely fun to watch.

@andrechartrand1245 2 жыл бұрын

It look sooo easy ! I have rust issue around the windshield, now i'm confident enough to start the project . All because of you ! Thanks for the video !

@V.Hansen. 2 жыл бұрын

Same reason I have to remove mine.

@Wtfinc 2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was confident. I did not want to use wire, I was pressed for time. I used the tool that looks like a surgical instrument with two handles and a small 90* blade. The urithane was so tough that it drove the blade into the glass. Because of the edge, i could not remove the tool. reversing, moving forward, and removal of tool all cracked my replacemnt at the junkyard. I'm counting on the wire. I only have one more chance at a farther junk yard since i broke the only one in a 15 mile radius. ill give myself more than a half hour. Funny thing is, i would have had plenty of time to use the wire if I did not run litterally to the other side of this huge junkyard to get a can of solvent i passed up when i figured i should clean the glass so suction cups will work. I went and got the can and when i got back went to open it and the screw lid was gammed so poked it. poured some on ground to check it and out came black paint! IN A SOLVENT CAN! to be fair, if I had read it, i would have known instantly but somehow did not notice the sticker had any info on it. I think i thought the can was blank or expected there not to be anything written on it.

@mikep509 Ай бұрын

Yeah same issue... I'm concerned about reinstallation and the airbag though... issue you think?

@theologicallife.....1103 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!!! YOU JUST SAVED ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS!

@GetItDoneProjects 3 жыл бұрын

You are the man. Thanks for your video. No special tools. Just getting it done!

@ivanbarton4475 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video. Simple, self explanatory and straight to the point.

@brandonbrown5166 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone know the suicide hotline number… this music…

@alexbowser9801 8 ай бұрын

Are you ok there?

@MattBeachen 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@Grahams-Grass Жыл бұрын

Now the pulling technique looks 👌... I'm going to give strimmer line a try🤷‍♂️🤠

@aes0p895 Жыл бұрын

brilliant idea with the steel rope.

@genmaxpain Жыл бұрын

i use really strong fishing line, NEVER SAW it, you use very thin wire or line and you use lots of soap and you pull and that cuts it

@emailgmail4169 Жыл бұрын

What do you use exactly?

@julzchar1055 3 жыл бұрын

Well done you made it soo so easy

@lucasseal1 2 жыл бұрын

I love the sarcasm, i feel it right now.

@Jin-sy9wi Жыл бұрын

I am going to try one in the junk yard for my car 。 thanks a lot

@V.Hansen. 2 жыл бұрын

At first I wondered how you could "saw" the top and bottom because arems wont reach. I see now

@yunfenglu6619 2 ай бұрын

man, this is absolutely genius , thank you!

@jasongardner3586 3 жыл бұрын

I never comment on these videos but... that was good very helpful!!

@jasongardner3586 3 жыл бұрын

I went to the junk yard and yanked out the throttle cable and stuck the dip stick through the seal and fed the throttle cable through

@Rara30128 10 ай бұрын

Best trick I’ve ever watched. Thanks

@maribelmuniz2123 2 жыл бұрын

PERFECT JOB....EXCELLENT WORK 💪👷👌👏🙌👍💪

@frankclements1431 2 жыл бұрын

I took my windshield out, it was broken but I really messed it up a lot more. Then I was cleaning the replacement and I cracked it. So now I'm wondering if I should try again and cut my loses.

@bibekshyam6521 Жыл бұрын

This video is very helpful

@OldSchoolNoe 2 жыл бұрын

will try!

@rahsiadiri5510 4 ай бұрын

Very good video. Thanks & good job bro... From Malaysia...

@dividivus 4 ай бұрын

I am thinking that MIG welding wire would not snap. Tomorrow I will try, have to cut out the old windscreen.

@user-xn4fm2dh1n 3 жыл бұрын

No brand, No name tool is the most efficient and safe tool!

@autumnwoe6356 Жыл бұрын

Very nice

@sardav1607 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@covertnarcisisticawareness1025 Ай бұрын

Piano wire or guitar wire should do the trick they come in all different sizes

@nedoscarsandfishingvideos5500 2 жыл бұрын

Liked and subscribed

@gueropalma6649 Ай бұрын

I have a one of a kind car... After 2 years of searching I found another one scrapped with a good windshield... I'm terrified to try this.

@psycobone1 Жыл бұрын

Perfecto

@goldstandard7406 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid. What size rope?

@xinbozhang5022 3 жыл бұрын

I/16 inch, 96 lb. Wire from home depot. I'm sorry I don't know the exact size of the rope because I only used 1 major strand out of 7 from the rope itself.

@johnle231 2 жыл бұрын

Some people said impossible to remove without breaking... Those people were wrong

@catsandcarsringtailgang6188 2 жыл бұрын

2 RULES: 1. NO metal tools (except wire) 2. DON'T chew on the dam GLASS!

@carlosbah4623 2 жыл бұрын

Good video.¡Gracias!

@nancygichuki9544 2 жыл бұрын

How do you deal with the mist

@jonwcs5842 Жыл бұрын

Saw 2 older guys pull a windshield off a Chrysler Concorde in a salvage yard, few hrs later they walked it into the shop to pay for it, sat it down.... "Pop" it cracked

@ShafiqulIslam-fp5dx 3 жыл бұрын

It's really great

@redpig1120 5 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏

@nelsonballesteros1585 Жыл бұрын

Nice church song my friend

@raitshots 9 ай бұрын

😎👍

@BattleForTheHotel Жыл бұрын

super

@ezimmerman1476 5 күн бұрын

💪

@atwoodfitness3438 2 жыл бұрын

And you're in Texas

@goldap0987 3 жыл бұрын

Realistically

@jimbolewis8328 3 жыл бұрын

Lol yall made it look hard, yall took the whole car apart lol.... really

@bfromo747 3 жыл бұрын

The only part to be made easier is cutting the adhesive. Looks like a strong threaded cable is the key

@billyho28 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@Itu2646 2 жыл бұрын

It's a nightmare to replace a windscreen after a nuub installed it wrong. Make sure only qualified personnel change yours. If you don't want scratches on your car, or water coming in, or wind whistling in, take it to a shop and have a pro like me do it right. Using piano wire REQUIRES 2 people and a dashboard protector

@catsandcarsringtailgang6188 2 жыл бұрын

Just 4 dat, i'ma gonna put er in upside down an bting to your shop to complain!

@thomasharris5151 7 ай бұрын

@@catsandcarsringtailgang6188😂

@adamwest4987 Жыл бұрын

This is NOT an easy way to remove a windshield, WAY too hard. Buy yourself a side cutting electric blade off Ebay or whatever and use a HackOPS™ 1” Multi Tool Cold Knife Blade Windshield Removal Auto Glass Cut Out. Cost about $20 per blade.

@AnthonySmith-lt4op 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ dude, just call a professional. Windshield replacement is not a DIY project

@WilliamVG 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is a diy project 😀

@skip741x3 2 жыл бұрын

why bro? the guy did an excellent efficient and careful job, all by himself and didnt crack the glass...props to him

@hugh3rdof5 2 жыл бұрын

It is when these on-line scam bait n' switch places quote your $270 for the job on-line, but then $670 when you actually call to schedule an appointment. I too am driving an old beater car, no longer with the comprehensive -- and I even used to work a glass shop as a summer job.... 40 years ago.... so I'm game to try this method. (and yes, $49 for a replacement "oem" windshield from a pick 'n pull yard.....)

@mccoma11 2 жыл бұрын

I have a few old project cars. The local shops won't do removal and reinstall of existing glass.

@trentdaddydolla647 Жыл бұрын

The price of glass has gone up and I have a baseball sized hole on my windshield. I went to the local u auto pull it and got one for $25. Came out easy but took like forty minutes for me to do alone. No cracks and I saved $250. I will not pay over $200 for a windshield if the car isn't a BMW.