Windshield frame straightening

[snailwagon]

So today I was unfortunate to flop the fj55 on its side. It was a situation where I did not feel uncomfortable with the angle and really did not think I was indanger of tippind, oh well, my fault. My 3 dogs had a hard time getting out, but a rock stopped us from going all the way down. I messed up the windshield frame, so the window no longer fits. Is this someting that is easy to pull to straighten, or am I going to run into problems?

The pictures do not show it well, but only the drivers side rubber is holding the window in place, the entire frame moved about 3/4"

 

[RHINO]

same thing happened to me a couple years ago, i found the hi lift to be pretty good at kiltering the off kilter frame. ya know from the bottom opposite corner to the top corner to be pushed, use a block of wood or steel to spread the grunt so you dont further damage it. or just run it down to a body shop.

 

[snailwagon]

One more question, when replacing the window wing, do I need to replace the entire wing with the window channel that bolts to the door? Or just the chrome with the glass?

Thanks, and I was planning on using a high lift to straighten the frame but am a little skeptical because of the rust on the passenger side where the frame is welded to the body.

 

[KliersLC]

The A pillar in the last picture looks like it could use some reinforcement before tweaking on it. Also, the roofs of these things aren't that stout, you might check the rest of the body and see if it is tweaked too...

 

[dieselcruiserhead]

doh! Any pics of the actual flop?

 

[snailwagon]

The A pillar in the last picture looks like it could use some reinforcement before tweaking on it. Also, the roofs of these things aren't that stout, you might check the rest of the body and see if it is tweaked too...

I wasn't sure if I should try pulling it straight before repairing that or not. The inside of the A-pillar is not rusted, like the outside is. The flop did crack the rust a bit. I assume the whole body is bent a little, especially since the driver's side door will not close. I don't care about damage, I am just planning on getting it back into safe driving shape. It also pulled the parking brake cable out, so assume the rear mounts are not so happy.

There are pictures of the flop and such, but I am waiting for my friend to email them to me. I'll post them under this thread when I get them. At the same spot, a wrangler that was with us made his driveshaft yolk and transfer output explode, literally. I have never seen metal flyl with such force from a vehicle. He had a real fun time getting back.

So the moral of the story for me was not to trust a bad spotter and that just because other vehicles run tires at 6 or 7 psi, an fj55 loaded with gear, 300lbs of dogs and another 300lbs of people is just too heavy for that pressure. I'm pretty sure the flop was due to the front tire coming off the bead. For now on, I'm keeping them above 10 psi for off camber stuff.