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Old 11th March 2015, 13:20   #7
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Hello Oldcarguy,

Oooops...... I stand corrected. I overlooked the window's frame on the glass's underside.

I have a spare tailgate window with the same problem, but have abandoned my efforts in separating the glass from the frame. I freed it all the way round from the top centre, and down both sides to near to either side of the lower centre wiper/lock mount. The glue here appears to be the full width of the mount.

I have removed all the lock/wiper mounting screws. It is just the sealant that is holding them together, but they just would not part.

Where I did free the two on the top and sides, I used a fret saw blade, held in mole grips, drawn outwards and later tried a wire "cheese cutter" method, which worked where the glue bead was thin. With these two methods, this took ages with neither being particularly quick at separating the two, so I gave up.
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