What a pane (2) - in the rear

We hadn't been unlucky enough to have to do this one before. The hardest bit here was getting the small rubber back in - the equivalent of the one that covers the pop rivets on the side window.

Procedure

Knock out as much broken glass as possible.
Take out the small rubber from the centre of the big rubber.
Remove big rubber from door and clean out all remaining glass.
Lubricate the face (that fits into the opening) of the big rubber with washing-up liquid and refit to door.
Then lubricate the other face that will take the glass.
Next, fit glass. Very carefully. In our case, using a blunt flat-head screwdriver (ie British rather than American) and a putty knife.
The final part of this is fitting the small rubber. It is a good idea to remove your spare wheel if it is on the back door. Sadly this wasn't possible as one of our mates had borrowed the relevant socket.
Lubricate this as well, and with patience and the same screwdriver, it eventually fits in.


Back window before


Interior of rear door

Glass out


Rubber seal in


Exterior of rear door

Glass out


Rubber seal in


Pushing new glass gently into place


Getting distracted


And that last piece of rubber


Using the screwdriver carefully to push the rubber into place


New glass and rubbers finally in


And then, time to do a bit of cleaning out too.



Glass gets absolutely everywhere :(