M1009 rear window scratches

[mr.travo]

Does anyone know what is dragging on the rear window of the 1009's to cause the scratches? I have seen it on several and was wondering if there is a way to "repair" the glass and how to prevent it from starting again.

 

[OL AG '89]

I would guess its the dried out rubber seals that is scratching the glass. I haven't found anything to repair, I am considering putting some tint on mine, but not sure if the scratches will show through.
Maybe that headlight lens repair stuff would work??

 

[mr.travo]

I know that even if you tint the windows, it will still show. Our old one at work has tinted windows and you could see it on the back window. Good idea about the headlight scratch remover. I will give it a shot when I replace all the seals and rubber in the tailgate. I will make sure to post before and after pictures. I should get to doing this next month.

 

[NMC_EXP]

Glass measures 5.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, a decent grade of steel is 5.5 also. Quartz (the main component in sand) measures 7. If the rubber is scratching the glass it may be because sand and grit are imbedded in the rubber.

If the headlight polish kits are for the plastic lens, the abrasives may not hard enough for glass.

The scratches on my rear glass are so deep if you did manage to polish them out there would not be much left.

Regards

Jim

 

[ssdvc]

I don't remember where I last spotted it, but there is a kit to polish glass. I think it may have been Eastwood or something like that. From what some of the hot rodders have said, the polishing kits for glass do work. It just takes time, a lot of patients and a little bit of caution.

 

[Erik Jenkinson]

When I replaced the seals on mine, I noticed that the metal clips that hold the weatherstrip in can drag on the glass if the tailgate itself isnt dead straight. The friction on the glass when you roll the window up also seems to push the weatherstrip seals into a position where they can contact the glass. I straightened out my tailgate first, then adhered the tailgate exterior window seal in with weatherstrip adhesive. I also removed one of the fins from the interior tailgate glass seal to reduce the pressure put on the exterior seal. That solved it for me.

 

[combatmech]

My old weather stirpping did the same to mine..... I'll live with it till I change the glass way down the road.

 

[southdave]

Does anyone know what is dragging on the rear window of the 1009's to cause the scratches? I have seen it on several and was wondering if there is a way to "repair" the glass and how to prevent it from starting again.

BFR lol