Vitesse 1600/6 Front Windscreen

[martyn wright]

Hi!  About to fit the Windscreen back in my Vitesse in a few weeks,  Do I need a Window Sealant?  (As there was none when I took the screen out!)  If it does need a sealant which kind or make is best?  Many Thanks

[Pete Lewis]

the original and my recommended is simple gutter black sealant   its very cheap  easy to clean with white spirit

apply to the seal flips   prior to fitting string it in with good quality cord   like woven  sash cord that wont try to cut the seals lip, 

use an old glove or suchlike  filled with sand to ake a soft whacker to bed the glass

you can be quite rough with toughend glass it wont break but need to be very careful if the screen is a laminated  very easy to crack it .

to aid running the string round the grooves  add a short length  of tube to act as a threader 

overlap the string across the bottom and tape the ends on the glass to keep out of the sealer when first offering the screen up .

work the strings from each side   

if the corners pull in to far you can pack the edge of the glass corner out with slivers of stuff like screen wash tube etc

orig mouldings would be vulcaanised /formed corners    some replacements are not so corners fall in due to the stretch effect around the radius 

Pete

 

[martyn wright]

Thanks Pete!  Its the Original Windscreen I'm fitting.

[Pete Lewis]

it should be marked up as toughened glass by the makers mark   ie Triplex toughened  etc 

eg http://www.bobine.nl/turner/01-general-information/triplex-glass-manufacturing-date-codes/

Ive been involved with screen sealing and seals over the years even with developing dry seal seals  mostly on trucks but the principles or this era of 

fitting and sealing remains quite simple 

my Vit6 had laminated with a sun dim top which was far too low to look under and we  even  broke that taking it out  

the refitted was a toughened   

Pete