My hatch glass removal process

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

I recall years ago, on a Rabbit in a junkyard, positioning myself facing backward in the hatch
area.  I had someone close the hatch.  I placed my feet on the hatch glass and pushed like hell. 
I have have even kicked out at it.  It popped right out, no harm.  Did this on the other Rabbit
with a bad defroster screen too, and again it worked great.

Ron

--- Rob Calderwood <robcalderwood1@charter.net> wrote:

> I removed my rear hatch glass to ready my rocco for painting without 
> cutting the weatherstripping or breaking the glass! I thought some may 
> be interested how:
> 
> I bought six 6" plastic taping knives and a couple of 1.5" putty knives. 
> Starting inside the window near the bottom corner, I wedged one 6" 
> between the rubber and the metal frame. I continued wedging knives all 
> the way to the other corner. When I pried the rubber at each corner, the 
> entire weatherstripping folded above the metal frame and the knives fell 
> out. I continued my technique along the sides about 3/4 the way up where 
> I just pulled the glass down to unseat it from the top. I used the 1.5" 
> knives more on the sides especially around the rear shelf strap brackets.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob
> 
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