What A Kick In The Pants!!!!!

[JAMAS]

how much time did you give it to cure?

The package called for 24 hours cure time. I gave it 36 hours.

What about a hard epoxy? Is there any reason the glue shouldn't be rock hard when it dries?

Like THIS one?....

[tom4bren]

Cure hard (epoxy) ... cure soft (RTV) ain't what's critical. You need something that sticks to glass.

I haven't done the repair yet but plan on using a high grade of black RTV.

[JAMAS]

Cure hard (epoxy) ... cure soft (RTV) ain't what's critical. You need something that sticks to glass.

I haven't done the repair yet but plan on using a high grade of black RTV.

like THIS?

I don't want to mess up again.

[tom4bren]

Yes sir - that's what I had in mind. Just make sure that there isn't any silicon lube on the glass before install or the RTV won't stick to the glass.

[JAMAS]

Since I am going to redo it, I plan on going over the top on prep work.

I am going to....

-remove the window completely.
-clean the window at the contact points.
-remove the rubber seals and clean them really good.
-hose the rubber down with silicone.
-remove metal brackets that I installed on sunday and clean them out.
-reinstall rubber seals
-install brackets back full of RTV.
-put window back in
-attach bracket to window.
-roll up the window completely so that the bracket is exactly where it needs to be.
-let dry for 3-6 months (okay maybe 2 days)

and of course, this only happened on the drivers side, passenger side glue still good. However, I am going to redo that one too.

I HATE rework!

[tom4bren]

One of my favorite sayings:

There's never time to do it right ... but ... there's always time to do it over.

You prolly did it right Jamas but there could have been some silicon lube residue left on the glass - glue hates that stuff.

[rowhard]

like THIS?

I don't want to mess up again.

you might also think about roughing up the window with some 80 grit where the bracket goes to give it some tooth if you didn't before.