outter door seal against window trick??

[autoalain]

Folks, got new rubber to install on the chrome that is on top of door, that rubs against window
when it goes up and down, well tried white grease and no go, tried soap and tied to pull rubber
and feed it into the chrome, no go, tried a screw drive to push it in place, no go, so what is the trick
to get this new rubber into the chome. (rubber from sng barrret) thanks Mike 1970 2+2 xke

[mgcjag]

The rubber seal fits under the chrome trim which you then rivet to the door....Steve

[angelw]

Mike Wrote:

tried white grease and no go, tried soap and tied to pull rubber
and feed it into the chrome, no go, tried a screw drive to push it in place

Hello Mike,
It's another case of the After Market parts manufacturers, rather than copy exactly what worked in the past, have done their own thing and got it wrong again, making the job of installing the seal infinitely more difficult.

With the original two parts, the seal could be fed in from one end and pushed along; there is absolutely no possibility of doing that with the now available combination of parts. Although you say you failed to push it in with a screw driver, that is the way it is done. Lube the seal, or the chrome moulding with Rubber Grease or similar lubricant that wont harm the rubber, lay the seal along the length of the chrome moulding with one leg of the seal locating section engaged in the slot of the moulding and then starting from one end, push, with great difficulty, the other leg of the section into the cavity of the moulding.

Regards,

Bill

[Series1 Stu]

Then you find that it's too tight and the glass won't slide up and down so you have to carefully slice some of the seal away.

[angelw]

Mike Wrote:

got new rubber to install on the chrome that is on top of door

Hello Mike,
Given that you don't mention a new Chrome Moulding, I assume you're retaining your original. In this case you're lucky. The original part had Dog Leg slots cut into the flat strip that interfaces with the door frame. These slots engage with buttons that are pop rivetted to the door frame and in the event of having to remove the door window, allows this chrome moulding and rubber weather strip to be removed as a unit before attempting to remove window and makes the job quite easy. Instead of manufacturing the New Chrome Mouldings with the same Dog Leg Slots, the After Market manufacturers simply punch holes, whereby the Chrome Moulding is secured by screws or pop rivets. As its not possible to either secure by screws of pop rivets after the door glass has been installed, the installation of the door glass is much more difficult, as is subsequent removal of the door glass when need be.

When I receive a new, After Market example of this Chrome Moulding, I machine the Dog Leg slots in the strip. This is called buying a dog and then having to bark for it.

Regards,

Bill