>>always leak, especially windshield seals.  Having made window seals for=

>Bugs and Buses since 1976, I learned this the hard way when the old/used=

>seal looked in good shape to re-use.
>

I've had the seal reused on several different windshield replacements, an=
d
they have NEVER leaked.  I guess some are luckier than others.

James

>

I reused a seal on a leaking window.  The leak was caused by rust
corrosion.  The window was removed and the seal area was cleaned, patched=

with replacement steel, etch primed, & then primed.  It seems that the ke=
y
might be a smooth, intact surface where the rubber seal meets the body.

John Fleming

85 Westy