Removing estate rear side windows...

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Removing estate rear side windows...

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...without breaking them.

Any tips? I'm finally getting round to dismantling the spares car and I want to squirrel the vulnerable rear side windows away for the future, but they're bonded in...
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Can you get a knife on the inside to slice the bonding? Trying to think how windscreen bods get 'screens out - wish I'd paid more attention now!
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Post by mat_fenwick »

Cheese wire.

If you do a Google or eBay search for windscreen wire you'll be able to get a kit. Take it from me, a knife is no use on a bonded in window...

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Post by richardd1652 »

Yes when i ran a dismantlers many years ago now we had a wire tool which pulled back and forth in a cutting action got bonded screens out no problem.Should be on Ebay i would imagine,wasnt dear either.
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Thanks guys - I'll have a look on ebay, but I really need to get this dismantled in a hurry so may have to try and borrow/cobble together something locally.
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why not keep the whole tailgate?
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citroen7 wrote:why not keep the whole tailgate?
I will. But these are the side windows I'm talking about...
Have just had a trawl on ebay, bought the tool plus a suction lifting pad for 14 quid posted to France - result. Interestingly, hundreds of the things on ebay uk, not a single one on ebay france.
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Whilst fiddling about this afternoon, noticed the left rear window was loose anyway – the bonding agent's obviously gone hard. Wiggled it a bit and it came loose all the way round, except for the very top pointy bit, which held on just enough so when I moved it half a mm too far the bloody thing shattered into a gazillion pieces... :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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