Screens Are Out Now
I have gotten both the front and rear screens on the 411 out, and rather easily at that, or perhaps just lucky.
A common recommendation is to use ones feet to push the screens out.
A colleague tried this on his 911 at the advice of an experienced painter, but cracked his screen. So I was initially reluctant to try the same method.
A Triumph club post had instructions about pushing screens out while wearing soft shoes. I tried it, and it worked.
The interior was already out of the car, and in preparation, the rear-view mirror was removed from the glass using a hair dryer to heat and loosen the silicon. The wipers also were removed, and these can be pried off their splines with a screw driver.
Starting on the rubber seals, I removed the chrome trim taking care not to bend the trim. Next, I pulled out the central rubber core from the seal.
Then, I loosened the rubber from the body and glass by hand.
I thought some lubrication might help, so I put some 3-in-1
oil between the glass and rubber seal along the top screen edge. I put a plywood board on the floor, and laying on my back, gently pushed the top center and corner of the screen using my feet pressed flatly against the glass. The screen popped out of the rubber seal at the top edge. The screen was laid down on the body(on padding), and the seal was removed from the body flange. Then I moved the screen to a storage rack. This worked well on both front and rear screens. It will be a while before a decision is made about replacing the front screen which has some pitting. Now I am stripping out the doors...
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