Replacing Driver's side glass on 390QS

[ceedog]

bikerscol,


As rednick said & I said in my original post: Yes, the cabinets have to be removed, but the dash does not.

[Lincman983]

The overhead cabinets will have to be removed but the dash shouldn't need to be. You can access the screws with a flex bit. Like others have stated make sure somebody is on the outside to secure the window when the mounting screws are removed. The driver window is bit heavy and awkward to maneuver

[bikerscol]

Thanks for the info, I'll pass that along to the repair shop and see if they can do it with a flex bit and see what they say.

The side of the dash extends over the bottom edge of the window by a few inches in the corner. I don't really see how there's any room to get any kind of bit in between the dash and window.

[bikerscol]

Does the top of the side dash panel have to be removed to get access to the screws? The side dash is tightly up against the window with no way to get any tool into that gap. The only way I can see using a flex bit is to possibly remove the top panel of that side dash and go in through that opening.

On the cabinet, they've removed the side cabinet but the corner of the window is still behind the front overhead cabinet. Does the entire cabinet across the width of the windshield have to be removed or is there any access panel in that cabinet that lets the last screws up in that corner be removed?

[Rednick69]

Mine is just like yours in the picture and I'm sure they did not remove any part of the dash.

[Maingler]

I have seen this type of tool used to remove the trim ring.

[bikerscol]

Adding some updates to this thread.

The Glass shop I'm using couldn't remove all the screws around that dash panel. The only way I could access them was to remove the side dash top panel and go in with a right angle drill and drill some access holes into that side dash panel and pull the screws out that way. It worked fine and the access holes aren't really visible since that dash panel is butted up against the window frame very tightly.

I thought that was the hard part and the glass shop said they were comfortable taking down the cabinet, but now they're balking at that. I'm going to have to remove the cabinet and wondering what is involved with that. My 390QS has a side cabinet directly above the drivers side window, which appears connected to the cabinet that runs across the front of the coach and over to the passenger side cabinet. Is this one complete unit that has to be removed, or can I just remove the driver's side cabinet? I'd post some pictures but the coach is at the window shop now. I may have to go there this weekend to remove the cabinet for them if I can. I thought I could drill some access holes again in the cabinet side panel but the glass shop is saying there's some thick cabinet frame material covering the window screws which rules out drilling access holes. Any help/guidance is greatly appreciated.