How do you remove the windshield on a volkeswagon bug?

Answer 1

On a Classic Bug, the glass is held in with gaskets. You get it out by VERY CAREFULLY sliding a razor-sharp knife between the gasket and the glass, and cutting the face of the gasket away. Extreme care must be taken to ensure you don't scratch the paint, break the glass or cut yourself to pieces. Anyway, once the face of the gasket is off the windshield just lifts off. To get it back in, start by laying the new gasket on the ground on a bright sunny day for about four hours. This softens it up and makes it easy to handle. You then put the gasket around the glass. You'll notice a groove in the back of the gasket, where the metal flange of the window hole fits; you put a piece of string in it all the way around. Someone gets in the car and someone else holds the glass up to the hole and pushes real hard against it. The person in the car uses the string to work the gasket around the metal flange. It sounds stupid but it's the only thing that works. (And can you imagine the outside-of-the-car guy at the Volkswagen factory on his first day? "Your job is to lean on this window.")