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mgtf328

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The rubber around the quarter light on my BJ8 is perishing and letting in water. I tried to replace this some time ago but chickened out before I did any damage.

I unscrewed the post for securing the tonneau cover to the door but I seem to remember reading somewhere that there are also some screws holding the "A" frame in place under the chrome finishing strip along the top of the door but I couldn't remove the strip. Perhaps I chickened out too soon and all that's needed is brute force and ignorance to remove the strip.

I need to get this done now as the Mrs. is getting wet! Can anyone tell me if there's a technique for removing this chrome strip without damaging it or the door paintwork.

Also does the catch and the hinge on the glass frame need to be removed to get the glass out so the rubber seal can be replaced or is it simply a case of scraping the rubber out and sliding the glass out.
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Hi Mate :

Do you have the door card removed if not remove it and the solutions you are seekig will be revealed--
 
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Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I've had the door cards off several times to replace the plastic window slides/rubber seals on both doors. A problem I had was that the new rubber rain seals at the bottom of the windows (Ahead4healeys) folded over on themselves when winding the window down. So they came off again to put the old seals back.
The last couple of times I tried to remove the quarter light I removed the nut at the bottom of the frame and I seem to remember there were also some screws I took out but I couldn't pull the frame out. I concluded that there must be some screws on the outside of the door hidden behind the chrome strip which I couldn't get off. Are you saying that there is no need to remove the chrome strip and that I just wasn't pulling hard enough after removing all the fasteners on the inside of the door?
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Thanks for the helpful comments guys.
Look up the Ahead4healeys site attached, Item DR4496, for futrue reference in case you need one.

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I'll try elsewhere.
AJ
 
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