Windshield Repair Forum

Here's a tip:

Everything that comes out of my car either goes on my pad on the customer's hood or on the ground directly in my path back to my car. This'll also keep you from leaving your phone, appt. book, etc. on top of your own car.

Also, after driving onto the freeway with one guy's antenna on perched on my wipers many years ago, every removed antenna goes onto the customer's passenger-side floor leaning against the seat.

J.T.W.

JTW

Why would you remove an antenna? I have not had the need to do so to complete any repairs. Please clarify me on this, I have seen other posts on other forums regarding an antenna wrech, I couldn't figure out why, but now that you say you remove antennai to fix a windshield, I get the meaning behind the prevois post.

MERCI

R-B, I also remove antennas, so I don't have to reach around them when repairing on the passenger side . I put them in a hole in my toolbox, the lid won't shut until I take it out.

I remove them if they are in the way because I have broken one off while reaching around it before.

When you remove the antenna do you use a drop of Loctite when you reinstall it to keep it from coming loose and falling off. A basic rule of automotive repair: If you touch it you own it in the customer's eyes. Another post spoke about not pluging into a customer's 12v socket for basically the same reason. That has caused me to re-evaluate some of my practices.

No, I don't. I do tighten it with a wrench. I definitely own it if I break it off.

I did the same thing on the same van this year. The customer was very good about it and also a can-do guy. He removed and replaced the panels under the dash, the two of us snaked the new wire through to the radio so no labor charge, but the parts added up to almost $50 at the local Chevy dealer. -- Never Again!!!

J.T.W.

Thanks for the answers, but I will continue to refrain from removing any part of the vehicule(other than a bit of loose glass).

merci