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Help with windshield frame hinges
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Ugly" data-source="post: 441186" data-attributes="member: 20124"><p>Hey y’all. Been kinda taking it slow, in reality procrastinating and dragging my heels, but slow and steady wins the race right? So here’s an update on my progress. So Not long after my last post I picked up a can of PB Blaster and started soaking the bolts on the hinges and windshield braces (roll bar and dash). Did this a lot and just let it sit and soak for weeks (again, procrastination). Then just the other day picked up an impact driver. Tried it on the hinges and I’ll be goddamned, the bolts spun! All 8 on the windshield frame broke loose just like that! To be honest, never used one before but gotta tell ya, I love this tool! Used on the the braces and same….all except one bolt. There’s always one that refuses to cooperate. A single bolt on the drivers side roll bar. But other than that everything else is loose and ready. So now I’m just soaking that one bolt, shocking it with the driver now and again so we’ll see before I research and take next steps.</p><p>Once that’s done here’re my next steps:</p><p>-Removing the wipers and wiper motor</p><p>-Removing the VIN plate</p><p>-Removing the windshield frame</p><p>-Order and install new windshield frame</p><p>-Reinstalling the VIN plate, wipers and motor correctly</p><p>-Calling Safelite to install a new windshield</p><p></p><p>Oddly enough, my biggest concern were those hinge bolts so hopefully once I am able to get that last bolt out everything else will be relatively “easy”.</p><p>Again, thanks for all the advice, but if y’all have more I could always use it.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]122528[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]122529[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]122530[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Ugly, post: 441186, member: 20124"] Hey y’all. Been kinda taking it slow, in reality procrastinating and dragging my heels, but slow and steady wins the race right? So here’s an update on my progress. So Not long after my last post I picked up a can of PB Blaster and started soaking the bolts on the hinges and windshield braces (roll bar and dash). Did this a lot and just let it sit and soak for weeks (again, procrastination). Then just the other day picked up an impact driver. Tried it on the hinges and I’ll be goddamned, the bolts spun! All 8 on the windshield frame broke loose just like that! To be honest, never used one before but gotta tell ya, I love this tool! Used on the the braces and same….all except one bolt. There’s always one that refuses to cooperate. A single bolt on the drivers side roll bar. But other than that everything else is loose and ready. So now I’m just soaking that one bolt, shocking it with the driver now and again so we’ll see before I research and take next steps. Once that’s done here’re my next steps: -Removing the wipers and wiper motor -Removing the VIN plate -Removing the windshield frame -Order and install new windshield frame -Reinstalling the VIN plate, wipers and motor correctly -Calling Safelite to install a new windshield Oddly enough, my biggest concern were those hinge bolts so hopefully once I am able to get that last bolt out everything else will be relatively “easy”. Again, thanks for all the advice, but if y’all have more I could always use it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="F271A861-FC2F-4FCD-B573-A1B01943F46B.jpeg"]122528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="D16FAE37-8190-4CEC-B47C-0C0DCE5786C0.jpeg"]122529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="400AB191-7971-4D8F-976E-05C5AB621BD5.jpeg"]122530[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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