Lockstrip Question

[Shields]

Hi All,

Just finished installing a new windshield in my truck. Everything went great until I got to putting in the lockstrip joint clip at the end. No matter what I did I couldn’t get it to pop in the channel in the rubber, ended up mangling the clip to the point it’s unusable. Is this important? There is a 1/16” gap between the ends of the lockstrip, can I just fill it with black silicone or RTV and call it a day?

 

[CalSgt]

I’d probably just leave it without adding any glue or silicone. Seems the the little trim piece is just that… Trim. The lock strip itself does all the work

 

[Shields]

Thanks a bunch, I was thinking the same thing. Guess I needed someone else’s assurance.

 

[ali_c20]

Hi All,

Just finished installing a new windshield in my truck. Everything went great until I got to putting in the lockstrip joint clip at the end. No matter what I did I couldn’t get it to pop in the channel in the rubber, ended up mangling the clip to the point it’s unusable. Is this important? There is a 1/16” gap between the ends of the lockstrip, can I just fill it with black silicone or RTV and call it a day?

You have to put the clip on the lockstrip and then it goes in the weatherstrip.
Minute 12 in the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZW2CnhOS0