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(Message started by: eaglestrike on Jan 26^th, 2008, 6:28pm)

Title: Windscreen
Post by eaglestrike on Jan 26^th, 2008, 6:28pm

Hi I have a scorp cosworth and on Christmas eve I noticed that the front screen had a crack in it. Just after Christmas I got a new screen fitted and in under four weeks the new screen has cracked in the same place as the last one. The cracks have both been at the bottom edge of the drivers side, where the wires for the heated screen come out? I took it back to autoglass who say they will look at it but they will not cover the screen on warrenty because it has gone in the same place. Do you know of a reason why the screens have cracked. Any Help would be great

Thank you ??? ???

Title: Re: Windscreen
Post by Highlander on Jan 26^th, 2008, 7:59pm

Yep, corrosion

A slight rusting can and will put pressure on the screen and it will crack either with the cold or by vibration although they usually are pretty good at spotting it and should warn you when they fit it.

Title: Re: Windscreen
Post by Simmo on Jan 26^th, 2008, 8:02pm

IIRC when my replacement screen was fitted there were two pieces of rubber located at the very base of the screen so the screen actually 'sat' on them before it was fixed in place.

Title: Re: Windscreen
Post by mr._floppy on Jan 27^th, 2008, 12:41am

I have been told in the past that on some cars the windscreen and rear screen are integral parts of the vehicle's structure and, as such, have forces acting on them when the chassis is under stress.

I have my doubts, as plastic is hardly as strong a material as steel whether in compression or tension.

But you never know. ???