Replacing Troopy sliding rear window glass

John,

Have you thought of getting a quote from O'Brien Glass?
Whether it is sliding or fixed, the chances are it would also be covered by your insurance policy.


Bill.

Its not that hard to do ,at least it was not on our now defunkt 80series , one thing to consider is to replace the glass with perspex ,easy as to cut and fit.

When you do it, maybe take a few photos and write a blog so we all can learn how its done?
I would be interested in seeing the details.

John, I am not sure that it would be too time consuming or difficult.

I had window tint done on my 60 not long ago and they had to take out both sides of the sliders to put the tint on.
All up the whole job was about 4.5 hours I think, and that was to put tint on every window except the front one.

In that context, I can't see that it would be a big job just to replace one slider.
I did ask them about the sliders and they said they take the frame out.
I then asked about it leaking again afterwards and he assured me it would be no problem.

Dave

Hi John and Val

It is actuallyquite simple. If you work from the inside of the vehicle, the plastic lining around the windows just slip off. Underneath you will find clips that come out relatively easily, and that will allow removal of the window, then simply reversae the procdure and you're done.

The hardest part is actually taking the plastic lining off with damaging it, but it can be done, it should not take more 15 -20 minutes. Yes, I have done it for other family members quite a few times.

Cheers

Thank you everyone for your ideas. Seems my question was a bit simplistic - there are lots of different configurations to these windows - fixed, sliding, and of course Troopys have been changing over the past couple of decades since our FJ75 Troopy was a lad.

In our case it seems the whole window assembly has to be removed as Dave says, after cutting it free of the sealant. Going to talk to Toyota and windscreen places today, maybe wreckers. Unfortunately insurance won't help as I opted for a big excess rather than big premiums. I expect to do it myself, so I'll blog it as John suggests. Overall, as Marc and Alloy say, shouldn't be too hard once I get the necessary bits.

Cheers

John

I've done it!!! Easy!!!! As suggested, I've also blogged it here for those interested.

Cheers

John