The never ending thread receives another bump... I called several glass shops in my area and none could source part WLS466, maybe the part# has changed? Anyway, does anyone know of a source that has the 'D' locking strip? I checked wagongear's website but only the weatherstrip is listed (perhaps Kevin no longer sells it)?
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No worries, it happens to me sometimes too... HA!
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Yup, still got it, have been trying to make sure I keep it on hand.
I also made a videos to help with installation questions, only just getting around to posting since I have to do some work on the website today, it will be linked on the order page, but for info it is:
I also made a videos to help with installation questions, only just getting around to posting since I have to do some work on the website today, it will be linked on the order page, but for info it is:
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Possible to get three pieces for just the rear two windows and rear hatch?
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YEAH! you need to COMPLETELY MURDER BETSY... Not just 98.8%.. Finny...HA!
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I know, I know, I know!! There was even a groupon recently that would have gotten me all murder tinted for only $150! But Betsy Ross is over budget currently (as you and georg both know!)!
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Yup, $25, shipped.
Plastic Dip in most hardware stores...works great. I sprayed my chrome factory bumpers with it.
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gregnash
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Damn so we actually got some rain last night and this morning and could hear the wet road in the back of the truck. I looked at lunch and you can actually see light between the tailgate and the welting. Damn one more thing to add to the list soon here.
I need to order a lock strip windshield gasket and a set of that lock strip so I can redo my windshield. I think the solid gasket is one of the big culprits for my nasty A pillar leak and some sealer under a lock strip style gasket is worth trying as a fix.
Question though for those who've done it: how difficult is it to reinstall the actual windshield yourself using the lock strip style gasket?
Question though for those who've done it: how difficult is it to reinstall the actual windshield yourself using the lock strip style gasket?
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Putting a lock strip style windshield gasket in is actually slightly easier than the solid type since they are a touch looser.
It takes some talent to install by yourself but I do all mine that way.
It sounds more complicated than it is, but:
You want to use nice cheap/rough cotton clothesline (not the kind that will give you rope burn, the kind that will just rip your skin right off, none of that nice slippery synthetic stuff) and run that around the window gasket pinch weld channel, overlap the two ends a few feet at the bottom and leave the tails hang out.
I usually do this with a full hank of rope so one tail is WAY long, I set the window in place and set the bottom over the pinch weld, then I take that extra long loose end, loop it over and outside the top of the window (you are inside the truck) I then tie a big burly knot in it so that when you pull on it from the inside, it jams up again the window and body and by pulling down and in, you force the window down and in.
Now you need three hands so I wrap that extra rope with the knot on it around my neck, or arm, or leg, or teeth, or whatever you can pull down with some force on it with while using my other two hands to pull the rope tails and coax the gasket over the lip with.
Works great, might look a little funny but they pop right into place.
KR
It takes some talent to install by yourself but I do all mine that way.
It sounds more complicated than it is, but:
You want to use nice cheap/rough cotton clothesline (not the kind that will give you rope burn, the kind that will just rip your skin right off, none of that nice slippery synthetic stuff) and run that around the window gasket pinch weld channel, overlap the two ends a few feet at the bottom and leave the tails hang out.
I usually do this with a full hank of rope so one tail is WAY long, I set the window in place and set the bottom over the pinch weld, then I take that extra long loose end, loop it over and outside the top of the window (you are inside the truck) I then tie a big burly knot in it so that when you pull on it from the inside, it jams up again the window and body and by pulling down and in, you force the window down and in.
Now you need three hands so I wrap that extra rope with the knot on it around my neck, or arm, or leg, or teeth, or whatever you can pull down with some force on it with while using my other two hands to pull the rope tails and coax the gasket over the lip with.
Works great, might look a little funny but they pop right into place.
KR
gregnash
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Hey Kevin, does this look like my tailgate is bent or is the light you see just from the gasket being done?
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Hey Greg, I think you might be in the wrong thread. 
This one is about removing and replacing the chrome expander strips from around the outside window glass gaskets.
But whatever,
It doesn't look like your tailgate it too bent, a bit maybe. That gap is from a worn, compressed, or missing hatch perimeter seal gasket. It could just be bent down, it slips on to a little lip of metal, I've seen them get bent so the gasket is pushed off at a funny angle, could be gone as well, tough to tell from that pic.
This one is about removing and replacing the chrome expander strips from around the outside window glass gaskets.
But whatever,
It doesn't look like your tailgate it too bent, a bit maybe. That gap is from a worn, compressed, or missing hatch perimeter seal gasket. It could just be bent down, it slips on to a little lip of metal, I've seen them get bent so the gasket is pushed off at a funny angle, could be gone as well, tough to tell from that pic.
Putting a lock strip style windshield gasket in is actually slightly easier than the solid type since they are a touch looser.
It takes some talent to install by yourself but I do all mine that way.
It sounds more complicated than it is, but:
You want to use nice cheap/rough cotton clothesline (not the kind that will give you rope burn, the kind that will just rip your skin right off, none of that nice slippery synthetic stuff) and run that around the window gasket pinch weld channel, overlap the two ends a few feet at the bottom and leave the tails hang out.
I usually do this with a full hank of rope so one tail is WAY long, I set the window in place and set the bottom over the pinch weld, then I take that extra long loose end, loop it over and outside the top of the window (you are inside the truck) I then tie a big burly knot in it so that when you pull on it from the inside, it jams up again the window and body and by pulling down and in, you force the window down and in.
Now you need three hands so I wrap that extra rope with the knot on it around my neck, or arm, or leg, or teeth, or whatever you can pull down with some force on it with while using my other two hands to pull the rope tails and coax the gasket over the lip with.
Works great, might look a little funny but they pop right into place.
KR
Sounds easy enough. For the knot, is it basically just the end of the longer tail sticking out between the gasket and the sheet metal, in the center of the top portion?
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Yup, you could use any number of things, but the long rope tail is right there so I just use that.
You could tie a stick to it so it jambs up real good, but I find a big knot pulls down into the gasket and window to push right where you need it.
Super low-tech, but the first time I got all that stuff balanced out and the window popped right in- it was a eureka moment.
You could tie a stick to it so it jambs up real good, but I find a big knot pulls down into the gasket and window to push right where you need it.
Super low-tech, but the first time I got all that stuff balanced out and the window popped right in- it was a eureka moment.
gregnash
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Hey Greg, I think you might be in the wrong thread.
This one is about removing and replacing the chrome expander strips from around the outside window glass gaskets.
But whatever,
It doesn't look like your tailgate it too bent, a bit maybe. That gap is from a worn, compressed, or missing hatch perimeter seal gasket. It could just be bent down, it slips on to a little lip of metal, I've seen them get bent so the gasket is pushed off at a funny angle, could be gone as well, tough to tell from that pic.
Oh my bad... thought it was about all your gaskets AND dechroming.
Thanks for answering my question though. There is a gasket that is only attached to the vehicle not the gate. Is there supposed to be another one that is attached to the gate as well? The one on the vehicle is shot for sure
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I need to resurrect my build thread but thought I'd bring this back to life. Since I have all the windows out and Chrome is not going back in I'm ordering some welt from Kevin.
