Not my experience - it just took one of those fibre tongue-depressors, some
windex, and  some care. Took the dude maybe ten minutes, and no pounding at
all.

YMMV

Marshall Ruskin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Garrett" <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: Rear Windshield Installation?

> On my 81 Westy I had a shop do it. Took them a better part of a day and
was
> a bear. They told me original VW glass is notoriously tight. Took 3 people
> pounding on it to get it in.
>
> I am glad I didn't attempt it.
>
> Sean Garrett
> 1981 Westy (his)
> 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
> sean.garrett@asu.edu
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Doss [mailto:Doss88Wkndr@AOL.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:00 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Rear Windshield Installation?
> >
> >
> > I removed my back windscreen to take care of that pesky under
> > gasket rust.
> > When I removed it, I peeled out the plastic spline, and
> > worked the gasket out
> > from the top down, pushing the window out, and pulling the
> > gasket inside.  It
> > was a real chore.  I know I'm going to have a time getting it
> > back in.  I
> > have (on other vehicles) used a cord to pull the lip of the
> > gasket around the
> > glass.  I'm wondering, do you install the gasket -and- the
> > spline -then- the
> > glass?  Is it best done from the inside -or- the outside?  Is
> > it best to
> > start at the top -or - the bottom?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian Doss
> > '88 Weekender, Queequeg
> >