35 pickup rear window help

Heard

Heard

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What is the proper way to install the rear window?

It appears from the rubber seal I got that it should be glued to the cab opening somehow, then install the glass using the pull string trick. Then the trim can go on.

Am I on the right track with this?

Thanks,
Heard
 
Does you seal look like this or something different?
 

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Drake used to sell a seal that lipped over the cab opening and offered a better seal.

It is not like the picture in post #2.

I believe that the seal goes on the edge of the glass and then the window garnish holds the seal and glass against the back edge of the opening.
 
On my 1937, the trim was u shaped like post 2, you placed it around the glass, installed together, and then held it in place with the trim
 
It looks like the pic. I was thinking of putting it on the glass and using the trim to hold in place but that just didn't seem quite right. It doesn't really make sense to me that once I send this truck over to the upholstery guys the glass is going to fall out when they take the trim off. But....

if that is the way it is supposed to work, that is what I'll do.

Thanks for the input!!
 
That's the same as on my 1931 AA. Wrap the gasket around the
glass and pull it fairly tight so there are no puckers at the corners then cut the rubber so he ends butt. Remove the rubber from the glass then Super Glue the ends together, I let is set a few days, then reinstall it on the glass. I put the seam at the top, then install in the cab.
 
My original 1935 back window glass has a very thin u-shaped material. Same concept as what you posted but more like the thickness of glass setting tape. I think Drake and others sell glass setting tapes in various thicknesses and I'd use the thinnest version. It was only 3/16" up on either side from the bottom of the glass or about the same on all sides as the thickness of the glass. (Hope that's a clear enough description)
 
When I installed the rubber around the window, I butted it at the top, and set a thin bead of black butyl like you use on windshields in the rubber channel and where it touches the cab. You can tool excess with paint thinner. When cured it holds everything in place and it won't leak!
 
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