So my windshield at the bottom have a nice 10 to 12 inch thin crack. It's the outside layer. Can I use one of those repair kits? Or can kenworth fix it? I don't wanna have to buy a new one ugh
Can I fix 12 inch crack on windshield? Outside layer
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Askingalexandria, Mar 15, 2018.
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New windshields are cheap and pretty easy DIY install too.
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Replace it.
Forget the little kits. If it chipped a tiny size of say a nail point, you use the kit in a certain manner with a pump to seal it before making cracks and friends.
The last windshield I replaced on the spot was in a 83 COE and I think it was only a few hundred dollars total for a minor but growing cracks. I have no tolerance for cracks as it attracts attention from the Law either on the road or going through the scales. It practicially screams ticket me, I have no money to fix this broken down truck. You are a rolling billboard advertising a potential jack pot after a top level probing inspection. -
Call a local glass shop, avoid the dealerships. If you have a split window, they're cheap, we pay $150 installed for out 379/389 Petes. The last single windshield I did was an International and it was $280 installed. Here in northeast PA, we use either Northeast Auto Glass or Pensock Auto Glass. Safelite and Arrow are a little more, but still cheaper than a dealership.
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Where I'm at there is no-one local. Safelite is about it. MHC Kenworth bodyshop in Nashville is competitive with Safelite but I have to drive 90 miles 1 way so not worth it. I've used Safelite a couple of times and they did fine. This last time I called Safelite a few days ago and the idiot couldn't get the locking bead back into it. He cut the #### thing into 4 pieces. I told him him to ####ing leave and I would deal with it. That's how I learned It's really not so to bad DIY windshield for the 1 truck operator that might want to save a buck. I will never call Safelite again that's for sure!
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Just put a fat bead of silicone over it with a caulk gun.
86mechanic Thanks this. -
Circular cracks can be masked with a "repair kit". A long crack like you're describing might (but probably not) be hidden with a "repair kit". But it most likely won't last any longer than the first really cold or really hot day.
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