<VV> Experience with EM 500 W/S Gasket

[Frank DuVal]

All early windshield with trim, i.e Monzas, the trim is installed in the 
gasket BEFORE installing the assembly in the car. One must also remove 
the assembly from the car and then remove the trim from the gasket. The 
trim will suffer if done in reverse order.

Yes, the rope method works great.

But Hank's original question was does anybody have experience with the 
500 series gasket Clark's sells that does not use trim.

My only experience is with reusing the OEM gasket, I have not purchased 
a new 500 gasket.

Mark Durham wrote:

>Hank, all of the EM windshields installed the same way. Clarks sells the
>tools to make the job easier, but essentially, you have to add cord to the
>groove and pull the inner lip over the frame with the cord. Its tedious
>work, and something you have to be careful doing. The trim is installed
>after you get the windshield in place and sealed. Mark Durham
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>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:59 AM, <kaczmarek at charter.net> wrote:
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>>We  had a customer send in a EM W/S gasket for a 500 model (no Chrome
>>Trim), and wanted to know if Steele could reproduce it.
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>>My experience with EM's is limited to what I sell every day.  But I knew
>>the last time I looked (which was a piece back) there wasn't one available
>>for 500's.
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>>Design asked me to check Clark's to see if they offered one, and they do.
>> I called Clark's and Barb told me they've been selling them since 97.
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>>Has anyone installed a Clark's EM W/S gasket without the chrome groove?
>> Has anyone had any trouble with it?
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>>When there is a part already in the marketplace, we don't necessarily want
>>to clear another trail so to speak, as tooling and testing prototypes is
>>expensive.
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>>Any feedback on this issue would be appreciated.
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>>Hank
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