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Unread 11-18-2013, 03:29 AM   #77
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Originally Posted by GlenL View Post
... I purchased a tool to cut the glue with a "L" shaped blade off eBay. $7 so what can go wrong? The box said "Harbor Freight" and, sure enough, the blade broke almost immediately. Plan B was to get a long Sawzall blade and cut the glue from the inside but that proved unwieldy. I also found that my attempts cut into the metal frame....
The tool I've seen a glass guy use is a sort of piano wire garrotte. One end of the wire gets pushed through the bead and reattached to the handle. Then the wire is pulled around the windshield by the handles, cutting the bead. Sounds weird but worked a treat.
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