SPECIAL TOOL
SPECIAL TOOL DESCRIPTION CHART Tool Tool number and name Supersession Application MB990480 Glass holder General service tool Removal and installation of window glass
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Required Special Tool
- MB990480: Glass Holder
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- To protect the body (paint surface), apply cloth tape to all body areas around the installed windshield glass.
- Make mating marks on the windshield glass and body.
- Using piano wire. Using a sharp-point drill, make a hole in the windshield adhesive. Pass the piano wire from the inside of the vehicle through the hole. CAUTION: Do not let the piano wire touch the edge of the windshield glass. Pull the piano wire alternately from the inside and outside along the windshield glass to cut the adhesive. CAUTION: Inserting the glass adhesive knife too deeply into windshield adhesive may damage windshield glass.
- Using glass adhesive knife Keep glass adhesive knife at right angles with the windshield glass edge, and put the blade at windshield glass edge and surface. Then cut away adhesive along the windshield glass edge.
- Use special tool MB990480 to remove the windshield glass. CAUTION: Be careful not to remove more adhesive than is necessary. Be careful also not to damage the paint on the body surface with the knife. If the paint is damaged, repair the damaged area with touch-up paint.
- Use a knife to cut away the remaining adhesive so that the thickness is within 2 mm (0.08 inch) around the entire circumference of the body flange.
- Finish the flange surfaces so that they are smooth. CAUTION: Allow the cleaned area to dry for at least three minutes. Do not touch any surface that has been cleaned.
- When reusing the windshield glass, remove the adhesive still adhering to the windshield glass, and clean with 3M™ AAD Part No. 8906 or equivalent
- Clean the body side in the same way.