1942 - 1947 Chevrolet Shop Manual



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easy operation of the door lock bolt and for door adjustment at the lock pillar. The striker plate attaching screws thread into a movable plate inside the pillar, and serrations on the back of the plate as well as on the face of the pillar hold the plate securely in place when the screws are tightened. These plates should be securely tight on the pillars at all times. A loose or even slightly loose striker plate allowed to continue in this condition over a period of time will not only cause a noise, but wear on the serrations will soon develop to the point where the plate will not remain tight even after a thorough tightening. In cases where serra-		breakage (other than by accident) should be determined and corrected before attempting to install a new glass. Many times a new glass is placed in the windshield opening without taking this fact into consideration and as a result the car comes back to the shop with the new windshield cracked in approximately the same place, the owner is aggravated, and the time, labor and material used in glass replacement is lost. The reason some windshield glasses crack is that somewhere around the windshield opening an obstruction or high spot is binding on the glass, this

	tions have worn, and a striker plate will not stay tight, correction may be made by placing a thin square of sheet lead between the striker plate and the pillar. Fig. 26. Reassemble the screws and tighten securely. Another method of repair is to clean the plate area on the pillar down to the bare metal and then tin this surface
		Fig 27-Removing Right Windshield Glass strain increases with wind pressure, extremes of temperature, and the motion of the car. Following are instructions for replacing a cracked windshield glass: 1. On the inside of the body, apply painters masking tape along the top edge of the instrument panel up to the edge of the windshield garnish molding to prevent marring the finish. 2. Remove the windshield garnish molding on the side to be replaced, then the center molding. (The garnish molding is made in three pieces; right hand, left hand, and center. It is most necessary to remove the rear view mirror to remove the molding.) 3. The windshield glass rubber molding is made in one piece which includes both sides and center, the glass being in a channel within the molding as shown in Fig. 29. Run a putty knife around the rubber weatherstrip next to the reveal molding on the outside of the windshield to break the seal—use care in this operation. Push the damaged glass and rubber molding toward the inside of the car, applying pressure at the outer or pillar edge. Slip the glass out of the channel in the rubber molding as in Fig. 27. NOTE—Unless it is damaged, it is not necessary to disturb the windshield outer reveal molding in making glass replacement. 4. IMPORTANT-Clean out all the old sealing compound from the glass opening if any is
with a soldering iron. The serrations on the
Fig. 26-Correcting Worn Striker Plate Serrations	back of the striker plate,
when tightened against this tinned surface, bite into the tin and prevent movement of the plate. NOTE-Do not attempt to file the serrations on any striker plate as a means of repair—this will result in destroying the hard wearing surface at this point and allow more rapid wear. Striker Plate Safety Catch The little spring loaded safety catch in the door lock striker plate is very important from a safety standpoint. A door not properly closed will be held by this catch; they also prevent complete opening of a door through partial handle movement such as might be caused by accidental bumping against the door handle. Where any of these safety catches are damaged, missing or in any way not serving the purpose for which designed, a new lock striker plate, including a new safety catch, should be installed. BODY GLASS Windshield Replacement In the replacement of a cracked windshield glass, it is very important that the cause of the glass