cracked windshield

[greaseland]

This weekend my 90 GW windshield cracked for no apparent reason. Is there a problem with body flex in in these trucks. I have not been offroading but some of the streets in Manhatten are pretty rough. Any one else experience this? I did a search and nothing similar turned up.

Thanks

[Crazy_Jeepman]

I just had my windshield crack frm the bottom all the way to the top. Usually a rock chip and sudden change in temp will start the chip to running. That is what happened to mine. I had a small rock chip and it has been very cold here, when defroster was turned on it cracked. I doubt body flex would do it, that is a lot of rubber seal there.

[Lindel]

I think it's more a combination of the glass being so big, and the age of the glass. From what I've seen FSJ's with cracked windshields seem to be the norm.

4 of the 6 that I've had, have cracked windshields. New windshields are still available, but cost about $200, not a lot as windshields go, but still a chunk of change.

[Don in Missouri]

Body flex keeps my windshield gasket from sealing, but It hasn't made the glass crack.

[TheGossert]

I had a rock chip in my windshield and when I had my carpets steam cleaned, my windshield cracked.

Larry

[SpruceMoose]

as beefy as these things are, i think body flex is almost nil.

btw, where in nyc are you? i grew up in the village, on 3rd street. (toid and broadway)

sm.

[mechanic58]

My windshield is cracked....and it's still cracked....and I imagine it'll still be cracked a year from now. LOL. Any of you guys that's ever wrestled with a big windshield in a rubber gasket with that big stainless steel trim piece in it knows what I'm talkin about. I'd rather vomit coathangers than attempt to change mine out.

[HeepofaJeep]

Mine wasn't that bad, but I never did put the chrome pieces back on. I screwed up putting the rear one in though. I put the seal in backwards, so when I was pulling on the rope, I tore some of the seal.

[greaseland]

There were no chips that I was aware of... but the temp here did a nose dive and maybe there was some small flaw that I had not noticed. Or just another GW idiosyncronicity. smile.gif

I took it to a safelite shop and they swapped it out for $325. Ouchie! but better than doing it in my unheated garage, and it is warrenteed for as long as I own it against leaks and stress cracks.

SpruceMoose, I am in Chinatown below Canal on Mulberry. My first place in NYC was in the East Village on 5th between C and D, in '92 it was a challenging place to live but you gotta love it.

Anyway thanks everyone for all the input.

[Lindel]

Actually, these aren't hard to get out at all. There's a lock built into the gasket that you can undo, and the windshield will all but fall out. I paid $40 at a pick and pull, and another $50 to have it installed. It lasted about 2 years. I'll probably go new this time.

[dharmabum]

Just did it a few weeks ago, $40 for a used windshield and lots of dish soap and I was done in an hour. That locking weatherstrip makes it really easy to do!

[HeepofaJeep]

what did you guys use for weatherstripping/window seal? I had a couple used ones laying around (I had both the front and the back), but I was wondering where you guys got yours/if you got it new.

[dharmabum]

Used my 30 year old one, it wasnt even dried out.