stevegough
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 posted on 10/6/10 at 09:25 PM |
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building a windscreen !
Anyone any tips?
Bought a windscreen off GBS at Newark last year - comes in 4 bits.....
Glass (E marked, naturally).
Top ally channel
Bottom twin (h profile) ally channel
Rubber strips
So far I've bent it to shape, then mitred the corners.
But getting the glass into the channels with the rubber sandwiched in is very difficult.
Using 'Mr Muscle' to help it slide (tip from a UPVC window fitter) but the glass keeps pushing one side or the other of the rubber, and it
bunches up......
Given up for tonight, but tomorrow going to try gaffer taping the rubber firmly to the glass, then pushing it in.......
....unless anyone has any better tips?
Cheers, Steve.
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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austin man
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| posted on 10/6/10 at 09:28 PM |
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try washing up liquid in the rubber and press on
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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stevegough
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| posted on 10/6/10 at 09:32 PM |
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Mr muscle is stangely enough, more slippy!
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 10/6/10 at 10:11 PM |
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When I did mine (in the days of Robin Hood), I ditched the rubber strip they supplied and used a suitably sized bike innertube with the valve cut out.
The tube stretched nicely right around the windscreen, holding itself in place and was thin enough to slide into the frame easily, yet thick enough to
do the job.
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907
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| posted on 10/6/10 at 10:16 PM |
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Rubber Boot Lubricant
As recommended by a bloke from Cambridge.
Anonymous
 
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Dusty
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| posted on 10/6/10 at 10:33 PM |
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I ditched the rubber and filled the channels with sikaflex, inserted the glass, clamped it all up and left for a couple of days to set.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 12:33 AM |
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 06:37 AM |
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I found that slippy liquids just made life difficult (and the rubber can rot later on) - the best stuff I found was french chalk (a.k.a. talcum
powder, which is french chalk with perfume!).
Rubbed a bit of that over the rubber strip and everything became MUCH easier to manage, without getting all messy & slimy.
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Benonymous
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 08:10 AM |
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Where do you get that rubber boot lubricant again?
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 08:12 AM |
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Some practical advice here link
Duratec Engine is fitted, MS2 Extra V3 is assembled and tested, engine running, car now built. IVA passed 26/02/2016
http://www.triangleltd.com
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tegwin
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 09:49 AM |
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I didnt have any issues getting mine together back in the day... used a block of wood and a big hammer to "tap" it into place 
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smart51
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 10:18 AM |
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thread the aluminium through a bike inner tube that has had the valve section cut out. Press the glass into the aluminium and allow the rubber tube
to move as it wants. When fully assembled, trim the outer bit of rubber tube off with a sharp knife.
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mad4x4
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 11:26 AM |
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I fitted the rubber into the channel then pushed the glass in with some Slippy stuff and held it together with two rathc straps as I man handled it
onto the car.
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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stevegough
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 posted on 11/6/10 at 01:54 PM |
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Thanks
just to say a big thanks to all the guys for your comments and tips - the link one of you gave to Robin Hood's build manual is very helpful it
seems much more detailed than the Luego one I am working off. I especially liked the idea threading it through an inner tube - you can't go
wrong with that one - unfortunately I had already done most of it by then!
I have now managed to assemble the screen - here's a pic of the final 'Squeeze' using 'clamp city'.
 
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Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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