Jim,
Fred Thomas (aka vafred) pointed out that my graphic may not be very
clear. The seal want to point straight down or a little to the back
of the windshield BEFORE the w/s is placed on the car. The seal definitly
points to the FRONT of the car once the w/s is installed. The thing
with installing it the correct way is that it will put more pressure
down on the scuttle if it has to roll from pointing back a bit to pointing
forward. I sure hope I've got this right and will bow to the wisdom of
the list if I don't. When I installed the seal on my car I didn't slide
it in from one end to the other. What I did was to start in the middle
of the frame, put one side of the short leg into the slot and then
press the other end into the other side of slot with a wide screwdriver
blade. Slow but seemed to work for me.
Drew
On Mar 19, 12:31pm, JIM_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com wrote:
> Subject: RE: Re: TR3a windscream assembly
>
> Drew,
> If I understand your picture correctly I definitely installed it backwards. I
> thought the rubber should point toward the front, and I don't think there
were
> any words embossed on mine, but I'll check that.
> I think turning it around would just about deal with the amount of rippling I
> have, once the rubber is "folded under" upon the frame's reinstallation on
the
> scuttle.
> I haven't attached the stanchions yet so don't know what I'll encounter
there.
> Jim
> *****************
> Jim,
>
> I don't know if this is the problem or not but there's definitly
> a front side and a back side to the lower seal. In fact the stuff
> from one of the suppliers (TRF I think) has the word REAR embossed
> in the middle of one side. If you look at the piece from the side
> you'll see that the top of the 'T' isn't perpendicular to the long
> side. You want to install it such that the long side of the 'T' is
> forced down onto the scuttle. Lousy ASCII graphics ahead.
>
> __
> \
> \ <- long side of rubber seal
> \
>
> <- front of car
>
> The angle is pretty exagerated but hopefully you get the idea.
>
> Even once I got this right I still haven't figured out the correct
> way of fitting the ends of the seals into the stantions.
>
> > So here's the question: once this rubber is installed, should it be
> > kind of wavy, to accomodate the bend it will undergo when placed
> > against the body? Or, have I stretched it too much? Or, will it
> > tighten back up in a few days?
> > Any useful insight appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Jim Wallace
> > 60 TR3a
> > 2TS81417 L
> >
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>
> Drew Rogge
> drew@pixar.com
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