Windshield replacement

'er "don't" soley do glass for a living

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
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The "on our own" part will be mainly taking the old windshield and
assembly
out then cleaning everything up so the A&P/I (s) can trim, fit, and
install
the new one. They soley do glass for a living, but I've seen some that
they've replaced and I don't have any complaints.

No rivets... seems like in 1966 Piper saved all their rivets for the
Comanche's and the Aztec got "screwed", at least 25 screws that I can
count
just looking at a picture of the plane, holding the windshield in. And
just
to reinforce my theory that Piper said "Don't fit? Too loose? Just put
another screw in it!" The install directions with this windshield call
for
4 screws along the bottom, "but you can use up to 6 or 8".

Jim



"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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I had the windshield of my Baron replaced recently, and it took two
skilled
technicians the better part of four days to do all of the glass. (This
was
all they do for a living).

It was an extremely difficult job, requiring drilling of rivets,
fitting,
and sealing. I was glad to have paid for the job, since I didn't have to
worry about scratching or cracking the windshield. When done, the
sealing
was perfect, with no leaks (water or air).

Good luck doing it on your own.