How Do You Utilize Sliding Rear Window on Your Pickup

bruceb58

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Mine gets opened when I carry thigs in my bed that are too long to stick out the back of the shell.
 

bruceb58

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Back in the day I replaced many a windshield from that....
The things I carry have a towel wrapped around them and are pushed against the windshield. Please explain how my windshield is going to get broken.
 

alldodge

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Back in the day I replaced many a windshield from that....
The things I carry have a towel wrapped around them and are pushed against the windshield. Please explain how my windshield is going to get broken.
A hard brake. Mass is mass and inertia is inertia.
ok guys
Lets assume boards placed in without any padding and gap between it and windshield
Next assume boards placed in with padding and no gap between padding and windshield
 

FLATHEAD

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It would only take once for me and it would never happen again, padding or no padding.
 

redneck joe

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ok guys
Lets assume boards placed in without any padding and gap between it and windshield
Next assume boards placed in with padding and no gap between padding and windshield
You must also assume whether the load is secured, which it usually was not.

A windshield is two layers of 1/8" glass, not tempered so no additional strength. The slope of a windshield from the outside is able to take some hits. The slope from the inside is not suited for impact.


I did autoglass for 12 years and I stick with mass is mass, inertia is inertia.
 

tphoyt

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I was rear ended by a mini van once that had
4x4’s it. No damage to either car except for his windshield. They didn’t make it all the through but still ruined his day.
 
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