How to setup the bridge assembly

[Kgobin]

USMC68 asked,

Please put up a utube on setting up the tool, and vac and pressure.

Below is a short video that was created per USMC68's request.

[usmc68]

Thanks Korey,
Your tools give great results, and Brent's advice to pull vacuum slowly has already saved me about 5 minutes per repair. I have been pulling too quickly.
Thanks for your great service to all of us.

[Kgobin]

Thanks for the kind words! We try to help technicians get great results the first time every time, and we truly believe that we are successful if you're successful!

[robert n]

Korey,
Do you find that "orientating" or placing the bridge in relationship to the chip's "legs" or cracks makes a difference on how the chip fills?

[Kgobin]

In my opinion, the most important part of doing a windshield repair is being properly centered over the damage. Meaning you should be able to see the center of the impact point if you look down the injector barrel. Next would be making sure the resin gets to the bottom of the barrel and on top of the damage. After ensuring that that you have done both you will notice a difference in how the damage fills.

[usmc68]

Robert,
Two suggestions. Buy a centering tool, good investment. Place the legs above or to the side of the break, so if the seal leaks the resin won't flow onto the suction cup.

[robert n]

Yes, it is a "given": the injector is placed directly over the impact point, centered with the centering tool, even centered when looking down the barrel of the injector and the suction cup placed above or to the side of the chip to prevent resin from dripping down into it..

I should have been more specific in my question: if there are 2 long legs on a Star chip, example running from the 9 o'clock to the 3 o'clock position......should the adjustment legs of the bridge be placed parallel or perpendicular to those legs? Since no 2 chips are exactly alike...it is hard to do a "side by side repair comparison with the bridge in a different position"

[Brent Deines]

It doesn't matter where you place the bridge in relation to the cracks, but we do recommend placing it above or off to the side so that if you have a resin leak it does not come in contact with the vacuum cup.