well lets hash a bit more :)

I am inclined to believe that it does not lock the rubber molding, if for no
other reason than the cross section looks awfully thin (like a skinny
arrow...the portion that actually goes into the rubber). Other moldings I
have looked at are "thicker" seem more likely to spread the rubber.

But if it does "lock" the molding, doesn't that imply that without it, the
molding/window will come loose?

Maybe by the time the chrome strip has weathered to a brittle shell of its
former self, the window rubber has also suffered a bit, and tugging,
winkling the molding out will cause a leak?

Anyhoo, I am one of the "lucky" who pulled the windshield molding out. No
leaks.

As an aside, my van is in the bodyshop being painted, The shop removed all
of the glass (except the front windows and windshield). All of the window
openings showed some sign of rust at the lower edge, hidden by the rubber
molding. The rust was not bad, glad we found it now, but it is a warning.

Those windows did have the molding intact.

alistair

>This subject has been hashed out a couple of times, and I have stated
>that Older Chevy Pickups, Mack trucks, and Vanagons,among others, use
>the moulding for lockers on the glass rubber channel.
>Now let me say this again; some guys are lucky, when they take out the
>old, weather beaten, chrome, and replace it with nothing, and their
>glass dosn't leak, and some folk's are not.
>I replaced mine with new, it gave my Van a face lift, and my glass
>doesn't leak.
>What more can I say?
>
>Terry
>
>85 GL
>