- In this video, I'm gonna travel to Eddie's body shop
in Wichita, and Vern is gonna show you how to replace
a windshield, on a 2016 Volkswagen facade.
Now Vern's gonna do this, just using a cold knife,
but he's also going to show us a couple of other tools.
He is gonna use that reciprocating saw on the bottom,
but he has a tool called the Equalizer Cobra,
I believe he said it was, and it basically has a string
or a wire that goes around the windshield,
and he said about 95% of the time you can get a windshield
out without cracking it when using that.
And that would be useful if the windshield's not cracked
and you have to replace the roof or something like that.
- What it does, it just suction cups to the window,
when you wrap the wire around the windshield
and hook it into here and it just ratchets.
(ratchets)
It pulls the wire in and cuts the glass out for you,
it doesn't do any body damage to the car, no scratching,
no issues that way.
- [Narrator] And now he's shown us, some different blades
he has for the equalizer, A and Bush,
we have one of these at the school, which works really well
especially for like the bottom of the windshields,
and we will demonstrate that here in a little bit
and he's gonna use that, but it's basically
just a reciprocating saw with a real long blade
that can cut that glue.
But before we start replacing the windshield or removing it,
we got to take the windshield wipers off, and there's also
that cowl vent panel up there that we'll need to take off.
Pretty simple, to remove these things, all you got to do
is most of this has clips, that you got to take out,
and that will pop right off.
Now, this isn't easy windshield, allow the car seat,
I'll show you a picture of another one he had in there
it has cameras and sensors, and you know all that stuff
that's built into the windshield that plugs in,
and if that's the case, you may have to calibrate it
or you will have to calibrate it.
And he said, they're still suing that, to the dealer part
of the store for that, and probably a lot of shops
are doing the same thing, they're probably sending
that to the dealer, but this is a thing that, you know
everything is gonna need, need to be calibrated,
we're talking about windshields, side mirrors, bumper covers
all have, all these sensors and things,
so we're all gonna have to become more familiar
with how to calibrate this.
He says it takes a special room, and then, you know,
there's some steps to it, and that's something
I need to learn as well.
But he's protecting the corners of these fenders
with some duct tape just to protect it, if he happened
to accidentally hit it with the glass wise taking it out,
and you always wanna protect everything like that.
Now he's just gonna show us a cold knife, and,
there is an art to this, because I've seen guys do this
and he made it look like it was butter, and he said
it was even cold.
He said, it works a lot better, if the car is warm
if that year thing has time to warm up,
but it was cold, and he still made this look so easy,
but I've had problems with this, and I asked him about that
you know, how you get it to slide through there so easy,
and he says it's just a technique of getting the angle
of that blade just right.
But, I have never been able to get it to work
quite that easy, you know, I'll use every type
of pneumatic power tool that I can
getting these windshields out.
But if you look how easy he goes through this,
really there's no need to, if he can get a cold knife
to work this easy and this fast, why use something else?
I mean, it's really fast, he's already got
that whole windshield loose, except for the bottom.
Now you can't get to the bottom of that with a cold knife,
he is gonna have to use that reciprocating saw
to saw through that bottom part.
And he's cutting all this year thing up, by the glass.
You don't want to cut it down towards the pinch weld,
you wanna cut it up towards the glass tavos, smooth
and trim that out later.
Now he got some water, and he sprayed in there,
that helps lubricate the blade, he said to help it cut
a little better, and again, he's pushing that blade
up against the windshield, so that, all the year thing stays
on the pinch welds, and this pretty fast process as well,
you do wanna be careful, you could,
you know, damage something if you're not careful
that blade is moving up and down, so you gotta be careful
with that.
But you can see this is a pretty fast process as well,
now half that bottom is loose, and he's just got
this other half to go.
So he's gonna get that, and cut that out,
and this windshield would be great to take out.
Now he's been doing this for 20 years
and he's very good at it, I've never done a lot
of windshields, and I struggle with them
quite a bit more than he is, but he makes this thing look
so easy, but it is a little bit more difficult
if you're not that experienced.
So now he is gonna take the glass out
and notice how he's handling it, and he's gonna go
set it down, get the new one, get it ready, to put in.
And you kinda see how all the year thing, is on
the pinch weld, then he's gonna come back
and he'll trim that up.
So--
- It doesn't have any--
- [Narrator] He's shown us the tools that he uses for this,
it's basically just types of a cold knives
that you trim that with, and he said you wanna leave
about two to three millimeters, or one to two millimeters,
over the year thing on there.
So you don't wanna take it all off, you don't wanna take
it off to clear the pinch weld, leave one to two millimeters
on there, and then he can put that year thing,
straight on top of that.
And again, he makes it look easy, but it, you know
it can be a little bit more difficult,
if you're not used to it.
And he said, he pulls up on these year thing strip,
just in case there's any loose paint, he wants that paint
to pill up, so he knows about it.
He said if you're not pulling up on it,
you could possibly get it off and be a loose--
(indistinct chattering)
Some loose paint and not know that it pulls up.
So be sure that you're pulling on that,
because of some paint does come loose, you wanna be sure
that you do, get the corrosion protection,
you know, prime it and do all the things you need to do,
if the paint wasn't holding.
So now he's just cleaning it off, you do want
a nice clean surface, you don't want any, you know,
glass, dirt, dust, cause remember, a windshield
on these unique bodies, gluten windshields actually
a structural part, you know, it helps hold the car in place,
when, if in an accident.
(sprays paint)
So keeping everything clean, is just important
doing windshields, as it is doing a paint work,
you want everything clean, so everything sticks well.
So he got the pinch weld clean and now he's gonna move
with the glass, gonna remove the protected tape
that it had on it, and then he's gonna clean this windshield
with some glass cleaner, just to get it nice and clean.
He's gonna go around the whole thing,
and spray down, and then he'll wipe it and get it clean.
And this is important, because if there's any contaminants
on that glass, it may not stick the way it's supposed to,
and you know, and if you're in an accident, it may not hold
up the way it's supposed to, so, you can see the dirt
that he shows, at that, took off just from a wiping it down,
And then he gets a release agent, this just another step
this system has, this is a DuPont system he's using
the Dao, I believe he said Dao, system,
but it's from DuPont.
I'm not real familiar with this system, I use 3M,
but he said, this works really well.
And these just a release agent to remove any contaminants
or anything that may cause any type of adhesion problems,
to cause a windshield not to, you know, stick
or be adhered to the pinch weld properly.
So he goes around, and you kinda scrub that on
and that's just getting the windshield super clean,
to prepare it.
And other couple more steps, you gotta wanna, you can see
the extra dirt that he got off of there with that,
and now you wanna go around, get that, all that agent off
and clean it one more time with glass cleaner,
and you wanna super clean.
And then here in a minute, he'll go ahead
and wipe, the pinch down, the pinch weld,
on the car down, with the glass cleaner as well.
So he's got it good and clean, and next
there is a primer, a glass primer, that you use
and he's gonna apply that to the windshield,
that's what he's doing right now, it's just a, it's a,
a primer for the glass just to help it adhere properly.
And you put that on, let it sit for a little bit,
and this is the urethane that he is using.
This is from Dao, which is from DuPont he said,
Verna just got back from a glass school he said
this is what they recommend there, so he said,
it's a really good product.
Now we're going back to the pinch weld
to get it super clean, gonna use some glass cleaner
just to make sure everything's super clean,
and as you're doing this, you wanna inspect to make sure
that you didn't scrape through and hit metal anywhere.
There was one spot that he hit just a little bit of metal,
had a little bit of a scratch, and you get
some pinch weld primer that you put on there
to help for corrosion protection.
So you put that on there, allow it to dry
for five minutes, I believe he said,
and then you're ready to start using year thing,
now he said, when applying this year thing,
you wanna hold that gun at a 90 degree angle
to get the correct bead height, that you need for the car.
So, and as you can see, this goes really fast as well,
this gun's really nice, if you've ever done this with one,
the ones you have to squeeze, this makes it a lot easier
and a lot faster as well.
So you go around the entire, year thing,
the old year thing strip that you had,
and we're applying, a new bead of year thing here.
Now he goes around the other side and he's gonna get that.
And you wanna be careful, he said not to put too much,
we put too much it might actually squeeze through
and show on inside, so you don't wanna
put too much year thing on there, you just wanna nice bead.
Okay, got that on there.
And again, this guy has been doing it for 20 years,
makes it look easy, and you know, I have a little
more difficulty with windshields, and you see
how he's handling that, he can do these windshields
by himself, which I've always had to have two people
when I'm doing it, but you set the bottom in first,
set it in place, cause once you set it down, you don't want
to lift it back out, you know that can cause air bubbles
or something in the year thing, cause
some adhesion problems.
So you wanna set the bottom in, and then align it
and then lay it down.
Now I was taught to pat the glass, to make sure
it seals real good, and he said that, you're not
supposed to do that, you know they used to do that
with those old gasket windows, but you just
wanna put pressure.
You want to put some pressure and go all the way
around the windshield, just to push it down
and get it set in there real good.
Now he's just putting some duct tape on there,
just to hold it in place, and I believe he said
it will set up in about an hour, it dries pretty fast,
but it's not fully cured, for about 24 hours
or the directions say on here, that they put
on the windshield, you know, to kinda leave
your windows cry for about two days,
just to make sure that it is good and dry,
because if you have your windows rolled up
and you slam the doors, that's a lot of pressure
in the cabin, and that could cause an air bubble
or air leak, in the urethane.
So keep your windows cry just a little bit
and do not slam your doors, and it says don't wash
either for a couple of days.
So now that he's got all that done,
he's just gonna put it back together,
put that cowl panel back on, put the windshields back on,
hook everything up, and again, this one doesn't,
didn't have any, the parking, or the cameras,
or any of the sensors in the windshield,
so you don't have to worry about that, but you just put,
put it back together, and he will have to put
the rear view mirror on, and then you're done.
Now here's one right here, now that's one,
of the one's I'm talking about, has a lot of different wires
going to it, cameras and things like that, so,
so this is one, that we're probably have
to be calibrated, when you're done.
Well that my friends, is how you replace a windshield,
in a 2016 Volkswagen facade.
Now one thing I do wanna mention that he told me,
that when you recalibrate him, that has the cameras
and all that, like a lot of these pickups
have all these sensors and lane assist, and cameras,
that's tied to the windshield, if that truck is lifted,
it never be, it won't be calibrated.
You never will be able to calibrate it correctly again,
so, that's something to think about if you're gonna get
a new truck and lift it, you know that might set
those settings off.
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