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Back glass molding removal help needed
- Thread starter Ertech
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Erick:
I have broken the glass on all 3 500E500E's i have parted as well as the one car I sent to paint. It is very easy to do...I feel your pain.
Jeff
A friend of mine who painted himself his 199 .036 last year told me it is difficult to remove the rear glass moulding.
First you tap slowly with two small rubber hammers one side out of the inner gap in the outward direction.
Later tap slowy from under the moulding hitting in the up direction so the moulding can get out of the grove.
That’s how he explained if I remember correctly.
I was joking with him last year about how ‘brave’ he was about removing the rear glass.
Maybe there is a specific or special tool from MB???
Btw, he is a car restoration guy, mechanic and painter which he went to a full time specific car auto mechanic school called Harry Fultz.
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First you tap slowly with two small rubber hammers one side out of the inner gap in the outward direction.
Later tap slowy from under the moulding hitting in the up direction so the moulding can get out of the grove.
That’s how he explained if I remember correctly.
I was joking with him last year about how ‘brave’ he was about removing the rear glass.
Maybe there is a specific or special tool from MB???
Btw, he is a car restoration guy, mechanic and painter which he went to a full time specific car auto mechanic school called Harry Fultz.
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My friend mentioned that yes, the moulding must be placed on the glass before the glass is mounted back.
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It is fairly difficult to remove the trim and put back with glass in.
1. Never press against the glass with metal tools, like thin screw drivers, etc. At first, you might be having some success, but you will walk a fine line, then suddenly you will see a fine line on the windshield.
2. I think gaps between the trim and the car body are too tight to remove the trim without bending or damaging it.
3. 9 times out of 10, the trim probably needs to be carefully sacrificed in order to remove the glass without breaking the glass.
I have successfully removed back glass out of 300ce's, and it's also a pain with tight tolerances and all. The clean removal success is probably similar to removing the 500e back glass. It is not my favorite MB back glass engineering.....
1. Never press against the glass with metal tools, like thin screw drivers, etc. At first, you might be having some success, but you will walk a fine line, then suddenly you will see a fine line on the windshield.
2. I think gaps between the trim and the car body are too tight to remove the trim without bending or damaging it.
3. 9 times out of 10, the trim probably needs to be carefully sacrificed in order to remove the glass without breaking the glass.
I have successfully removed back glass out of 300ce's, and it's also a pain with tight tolerances and all. The clean removal success is probably similar to removing the 500e back glass. It is not my favorite MB back glass engineering.....
