Windshield seal(ant)

[Laecaon]

So I installed my new windshield this summer with a new seal. Since it has started raining I am getting water in the passenger foot well.

 

I installed my windshield with no sealant because it seemed like less of a mess, and I thought I had read others do that.

 

Haynes manual says to use a "sealing compound"

 

What would be good to use to seal my windshield gasket?

[metalmonkey47]

beutel rubber is what you want.

 

 

You can buy it in a big roll from any autoparts store for around $8. I use it for sealing in vibrating parts and filling tiny holes that leak.

[Sealik]

Urethane sealer

 

http://www.proformproducts.com/en/msds/technical/?search=&searchContent=&currentpage=1

 

PF 218 .... PF 225

 

I also use the PF 224....excellent shit for filling holes, seams, gaps etc.

[datzenmike]

I used urethane in a tube from a glass shop. (the guy was pissed at his boss and gave me a whole tube) It's messy stuff but works really well. Do not get on hands. It won't rub off!

[Guest 510kamikazifreak]

510s had a thin strip of urethane along the top of the gasket(to body)for some reason,they are not like todays vehicles where the glass is a integral part of the unibody,so the need for urethane is not there.

they were also sealed around the whole windshield to gasket,aswell as the rubber to body with Butyl sealant(tube,caulk< laymans term :lol: )

 

 

http://www.proformproducts.com/en/products/info/?product=312&category=24

 

 

If you ever want to remove the windshield sometime down the road, Do NOT use urethane ,or the gasket will be toast

 

 

Edit*

Use Dupont 4105S(wash/wipe,check material data sheet to confirm it will not erode your painted finsh)to clean any excess butyl off the rubbber and the painted surface.

[Guest 510kamikazifreak]

I used urethane in a tube from a glass shop. (the guy was pissed at his boss and gave me a whole tube) It's messy stuff but works really well. Do not get on hands. It won't rub off!

 

laquer thinner takes it off likidy split :lol:

[philcas1987]

i got a tube from a glass guy. had a napa logo. specifically for windows. non hardening butyl. layed a consistent bead all around little bit smaller than the diameter of a pencil. if you do any bigger it will be messy. no urethane.

[Laecaon]

Around before installing the windshield? I might pull my windshield...